Similarly, there is the "check-in" stage before induction of anaesthesia.
"I've been in this stage before, and I know what it's like," Vick told Philadelphia radio station 94 WIP, via CSNPhilly.com.com
Students calibrated and tested the AM radio in stages before placing everything on a printed circuit board and putting a case around it.
It was done in stages – before Christine decided to rejoin Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and I had gone into the studio, just the three of us, to cut some of my songs.
The Super Six involves six of the best boxers at super-middleweight who agreed an exclusive deal to fight each other in stages before a final in 12 months' time.
I agree with 63 that cricket at its very best tends to come in stages before the dénouement (Athers v. AD, Trent Bridge and Jo'burg, Ashes 2005, etc.).
History has taught us that new technology and new methods are best introduced in stages, before the market is let loose.
Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography already has a role in staging before surgical resection of locally recurrent cancer and metastases and in the assessment of residual masses after treatment.
Purposeful self-interrogation for oral historians should be done in three stages: before, during, and after the interview.
