The term "preparatory operations" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a phrase used to refer to the activities or tasks that must be completed before something else can take place. For example: "The team had to complete all of the preparatory operations before they could start their mission."
The British Ministry of Defense said in a statement that its forces, along with Afghan troops, had begun preparatory operations for the offensive.
Mr Spassky had been afraid feared that the bows, hidden deep in silt, had not been completely sawn off during the preparatory operations and might hamper the lift.
"During preparatory operations in the November 2004 Fallujah clearance operation, on one night over 40 155mm artillery rounds were fired into a small sector of the city," recalled Brigadier Nigel Aylwin-Foster, a British commander serving with the American forces in Baghdad.
American officials described the deployment, which reinforces Spanish and other South American troops garrisoned in Najaf, as a "preparatory operation," involving troops capable of "full combat operations".
The preparatory operation was unfolding on the main road leading into Marja, a city of about 60,000 that sits on the western side of the Helmand River.
Pigs were anesthetized with 3 4 % isoflurane during preparatory surgery.
The helve hammer is usually used for preparatory and finishing operations.
In a statement on its website, China's defence ministry said it had sent a warship to the South China Sea and planes had begun preparatory work for search operations.
Mr. President, deploying human rights field monitors and observers in preparatory missions and with field operations should be considered a fundamental aspect of all Security Council efforts to promote peace and resolve conflicts.
The operator said it had moved ahead with preparatory work for its planned well control operation and the drilling of primary and back-up relief wells.
High quality data and reliable information was guaranteed by several steps: preparatory meetings, development of detailed manuals of operation, monitoring technical site visits to the centers, close monitoring of data collection and data entry, concurrent query management, checking for logical inconsistencies, and correction of database.
