31.   Preliminary data on registration by Croats shows no clear national pattern, officials say.

32.   Preliminary data indicate that the entire state may be in violation of the new soot standard.

33.   Preliminary data suggest that most students have a long way to go.

34.   Preliminary data from the survey was released last year by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

35.   Still, Levin cautioned that the findings are based on preliminary data gathered over a short period of time.

36.   The chairman, Air Force General Richard B. Myers, delivered his account in testimony last week to the Senate Armed Services Committee, based on preliminary data.

37.   The preliminary data showed prices unchanged in the month.

38.   The preliminary data were collected for an evaluation of the Healthy Start program, which was begun in the Bush administration.

39.   The police said the preliminary data back up the widespread belief in the industry that driving a taxi is a dangerous.

40.   The program was watched in nearly three million homes, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research, far better than its usual Monday performance.