Sentence examples for preliminary to the from inspiring English sources

All this is preliminary to the real catch of the day, Simon Rattle.

The latter have been considered preliminary to the discovery of sequences or laws.

The contest was a preliminary to the National Traditional Old-Time Findlers' Contest, in Barre in early October.

The National Assembly vote today is a formal preliminary to the swearing-in of a new Prime Minister.

British metallurgist, one of the originators of the froth flotation process for concentrating ores preliminary to the extraction of metal.

For now, her match with Konjuh, also 15, was a fascinating contextual preliminary to the Williams-Azarenka main event.

The United Nations suspended all mine-removal work -- a crucial preliminary to the road construction -- in 10 provinces in southern and eastern Afghanistan in May.

Sir Leonard Dunning, Home Office inspector of Constabulary, has had long interviews with the local authorities as a preliminary to the inquiry.

The county council believed the land was not suitable for a windfarm and refused Ecotricity's initial application for a "met mast", a preliminary to the windfarm.

Rarely does a top-seeded team's survival against a spirited challenge from a decided underdog serve as a mere preliminary to the main event.

During the October Revolution 19177), the Baltic Fleet cruiser Aurora bombarded the Winter Palace in the capital as a preliminary to the Bolshevik seizure of power.