11.   Preliminary figures are based on industry estimates of ticket sales for Wednesday through Sunday.

12.   Preliminary figures bear that out.

13.   Preliminary figures for this year, however, indicate a noticeable decrease in Jamaican tourism, Probst says.

14.   Several Peruvian government officials say those preliminary figures are accurate.

15.   So much had the optimism bubbled earlier that bunds had little reaction to the preliminary report today, with expectations of a slower preliminary figure already built into prices.

16.   So far, they say, preliminary monthly figures show a link between the new crime-fighting efforts and the crime rates.

17.   State Farm, the largest insurer, had no preliminary figures.

18.   The average age of U.S. citizens has also undergone a dramatic transformation, according to the preliminary figures I have been provided.

19.   The Census Bureau is scheduled to release preliminary figures Wednesday about how many people were missed during its latest count and how many were counted twice.

20.   The Commerce Department issued preliminary figures on April wholesale and factory inventories as part of earlier reports.