1.   The research is still in the conceptual stage and there are a few drawbacks.

2.   But the building is still in the conceptual stages, McGuire said.

3.   The game was awarded to a stadium in the conceptual stages.

4.   The phase two reclamation project is still in the conceptual stage.

5.   The system, Kristensen said, was still in its conceptual stage and a proposal has been sent to the Malacca Water Corporation.

6.   Those plans are at the conceptual stage, he acknowledges, but he says the organization focuses on the long run.

7.   Like all the best projects to come out of the factory of dreams, there were teething problems at the conceptual stage.