1.   Although the data from the first study are still being analysed, initial results are promising.

2.   Initial results have led to further exploration of the subsequent careers of nurses.

3.   In June the company admitted that initial results from boreholes drilled in the area showed that its knowledge of conditions was not sufficiently firm.

4.   Dr Cox said that conclusions could not be drawn until repeat tests had been carried out, but he was encouraged by the initial results.

5.   Although Isringhausen is scheduled for further tests, a team doctor said initial results from a biopsy show the pitcher has tuberculosis or an infection.

6.   And the initial results of those studies appear to raise serious questions about the stringency of standards that U.L. applied to the device, commission memos say.

7.   At a news conference here to announce the initial results of the investigation, Reno and other senior officials described a global conspiracy to fix prices.

8.   At the same time, investigators said they wondered about the lack of new forensic test results that would confirm the initial result from Washington.

9.   After an initial inconclusive result, when he was too emotionally drained to provide an accurate reading, he passed a second test, police say.

10.   But even as analysts cautioned that the initial results in retailing were subject to substantial revision, they pointed to other evidence that the economic expansion was slackening.