| preliminary hearing | 31.53 | He is awaiting a preliminary hearing. | ||
| preliminary result | 30.81 | Preliminary results were expected Monday. | ||
| preliminary investigation | 26.33 | As early as next summer, Hoyt plans a preliminary investigation. | ||
| preliminary report | 26.07 | Preliminary reports were leaked. | ||
| preliminary talk | 20.54 | Preliminary talks have just begun. | ||
| preliminary injunction | 19.29 | Etoy is appealing the preliminary injunction. | ||
| preliminary round | 15.93 | Cup Winners, preliminary round, first leg. | ||
| preliminary finding | 14.61 | But these are all preliminary findings. | ||
| preliminary agreement | 13.89 | They signed a preliminary agreement. | ||
| preliminary test | 12.97 | Preliminary tests look encouraging. | ||
| preliminary approval | 11.52 | He gave preliminary approval in July. | ||
| preliminary stage | 10.27 | Talks are at a preliminary stage. | ||
| preliminary discussion | 8.62 | Here we give a very preliminary discussion. | ||
| preliminary inquiry | 8.62 | That investigation, that preliminary inquiry, continues. | ||
| preliminary study | 7.57 | But those were preliminary studies. | ||
| preliminary datum | 4.81 | But the preliminary data are rarely revised. | ||
| preliminary estimate | 4.54 | Both are preliminary estimates. | ||
| preliminary figure | 4.54 | Preliminary figures bear that out. | ||
| preliminary work | 4.48 | Preliminary work is under way. | ||
| preliminary meeting | 4.15 | Preliminary APEC meetings start this week. |