But it may be useful to give a preliminary, summary answer.

Based on our research, the preliminary answer to that question appears to be yes.

What follows are preliminary answers to some basic questions about what happened.

Officials of the F.A.A. said this week that they had some preliminary answers to these questions.

"The preliminary answer is yes, but I monitor that carefully every day."

A British survey, the largest epidemiological study of nonconsensual sexual experiences in men to date, offers some preliminary answers.

They were told by your Mr. Chambers a preliminary answer was required by morning.

Days Inn will be giving preliminary answers in the courts this month.

The preliminary answer is that interbreeding didn't happen very often, if at all.

The following theorem provides a preliminary answer to this question.