The phrase "preliminary base" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the initial foundation or starting point for something. Example: The team conducted a series of experiments to establish a preliminary base for their research on the effects of climate change on local ecosystems.
Results were used to frame a preliminary base of landscape values for RGI, and are presented as a possible methodology to define a prescriptive layer of the new Regional Landscape Plan.
In a preliminary base structural model where the PLAC was included, the estimated value for PLAC was 3.88 (% standard error of estimation = 45.6) percent change in LDL-C from baseline.
The deposition parameters were: preliminary base vacuum pressure, ∼1.5 × 10 7 Torr; Ar flow, 2.5 sccm; deposition pressure, ∼3.7 × 10 3 Torr; dc power, 100 W; coating time, 120 s; substrate rotation, 5 rpm; room temperature.
In a preliminary base structural model where the placebo and STAT were included, the estimated values for PLAC and STAT were 0.420 (% standard error of estimation = 407) and 2.28 (% standard error of estimation = 83.3) percent change in HDL-C from baseline, respectively.
The authors introduce a data mining technique, entropy-based classification, to improve preliminary base-isolated design procedures.
The marines will land early next week to establish preliminary bases at Mogadishu and the inland town of Baidoa, the defence secretary, Dick Cheney, said yesterday.
He added that it was important to note that the federal agency's data were preliminary, based on estimates, and may change.
The patients in this group included mostly rape victims, and experts familiar with the work cautioned that it was preliminary, based on small numbers, and its applicability to war trauma entirely unknown.
Furthermore, most currently available serologic tests are preliminary based on either a total parasite lysate or whole promastigote yielding in aspecific reactions.
