"initial consensus" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the first or preliminary agreement or opinion reached by a group of people. Example: After much debate and discussion, there was an initial consensus among the board members that the new company policy should be implemented.
Though the initial consensus was Cruz went too far in the most recent debate when he criticized Trump for his "New York values", it was a consensus more driven by the media than by the electorate.
The initial consensus seemed to be that Prince was a kind of Minnesotan answer to Motown's Rick James, intent on dragging R&B in a darker, more viscerally sexual direction; a reaction to the string-laden sumptuousness of disco.
The initial consensus seemed to be that Sam Mendes's movie is a highly professional and energetic successor to 2012's Skyfall (still the top-grossing movie ever in the UK).
While a few participants dissented, the initial consensus was to test prophylaxis on prisoners since they could be given medical care in a controlled setting and kept away from women who might infect them.
However, the initial consensus was predicated on a share count that was incorrect.
The initial consensus protein bound antibodies from DENV-1 3 DENV-1 3 and Western blot assays.
After excluding 19 of the 31 studies initially considered to meet criteria, 12 articles were finally agreed upon by the two assessors for inclusion (initial assessor consensus was 93%; where consensus was not reached, the second author was consulted).
The Guardian review was fairly representative and this initial critical consensus made us question the show: if all these people who see a lot of theatre were saying it was terrible, had we failed?
Indeed, the initial broad consensus between all major political parties on the main Energiewende goals and principles seems to crumble.
After completing the docking procedure, we applied strategies including the "initial filter", consensus scoring and pharmocophore model to accelerate the process and improve the virtual screening success rate.
In the current study we tried to design a model for estimating shortage in the number of intensive care beds in a developing country tertiary university hospital after an initial Delphi consensus study.
