"We're aware of at least three additional companies in the formative stages now," he said.

His vision of the city's future appears to be in its formative stages.

But finding a fire that is still in its formative stages isn't easy.

Like the emerging butterfly, we have left our formative stage.

"Black people are in the formative stages of forming an independent political party."

"We have some thoughts about what we're going to do with the money, but they're just in the formative stages."

He says that his style is still in a formative stage.

Comic books were just in its formative stages as an industry.

But he will be allowed to stay with the new team through its formative stages.

And he has revealed little about the advertising campaign, which is still in the formative stages.