Sentence examples for some preparatory research from inspiring English sources

I'd heard of it from a journalist friend and I knew a little about her – The Independent's famous agony aunt with the stern spectacles and a surname to match – but I thought it best to do some preparatory research.

This setback represented the first consequence of our failure to do any preparatory research.

Accordingly, the artist's preparatory research involved consultations with surviving local knife grinders.

Though I periodically follow his route in France to discover what remains of the medieval past in contemporary life, my preparatory research takes place in the stacks and reading rooms of Columbia's libraries.

The surprise decision to abandon the investigation led by Sir Peter Gibson into MI5 and MI6 officers' participation, which carried out only preparatory research, was announced in parliament by the justice secretary, Ken Clarke.

"We are now two years on since the JCVI recommended this study and, whilst we are pleased to read in the government statement that there is preparatory research that has been commissioned and is under way, we still have no indication of when the full study will commence or be completed by," he said.

It took Peter Gilliver, the O.E.D. lexicographer working on the letter R, more than nine months harnessed to the duties of what Samuel Johnson once called "a harmless drudge" (plus many more months of preparatory research) to work out what he believes are all the meanings of "run".

Table 3 Examples of Activities in Division of Labor Organizing Issues Activities to Address Those Issues Example Codes of Activities Corroborating Evidence Task Division Category design by architect Preparatory research; The design of ZGC Learningg from foreign countries; Experience of former projects; Emphasizing the diversity of resources; Policy support; Government guidance.

Harris says that Bassbär and Honkonen's level of intense preparatory research and desire to return are hardly uncommon among those who take his tours to the zone.

During 2012, while Giaimo and the animators and artists conducted preparatory research and developed the film's overall look, the production team was still struggling to develop a compelling script, as explained above.

In this article the authors report results from a community-based closed cohort study, which is part of preparatory research for Phase III HIV vaccine efficacy trials being conducted by the Makerere University-Walter Reed Project in Uganda, a project sponsored by the US Military HIV Vaccine Research Program network.