1.   All except one have failed to get past the preliminary test stage.

2.   I was sitting in front of my easel at about quarter to nine, doing preliminary tests on a little panel-picture of a City church.

3.   It is a good idea to do some preliminary tests, particularly with regard to the field of view.

4.   Preliminary tests showed that pollution was very high in the river.

5.   The system has previously undergone six months of preliminary tests in the same Redwood City neighborhood, with officers firing blanks.

6.   Two other canisters bearing labels for radioactive material were also found, but preliminary tests failed to detect any radioactivity.

7.   We had intended to wait to sign until preliminary tests and Marketing trials were over.

8.   The doctors have successfully concluded preliminary tests.

9.   Preliminary animal tests, in which the gene for this protein has been inserted into diabetes-prone cells, seem to confirm this hypothesis.

10.   Although extensive testing has not yet been conducted, Bonnie said that in preliminary tests users read the ads four times as frequently as they did banners.