But it does reflect how problematic their preliminary ideas are turning out to be.

We run preliminary ideas by them and often we will get calls two days later with reactions to our suggestions.

"So these are just preliminary ideas," John Valentine was saying.

The commission, which is due to meet again Friday, has not reached any conclusions, but members said that some preliminary ideas were beginning to emerge.

But it was in short score, a composer's blueprint that includes preliminary ideas about orchestration.

It is not known how to incorporate the R sector, although some preliminary ideas exist.

To give a preliminary idea of the flavor of the field, one could make the following observations.

They were commissioned to develop their preliminary ideas further.

After working on some preliminary ideas, Woodland was persuaded that they could create a viable product.

Although the band members had preliminary ideas about a track's rhythm, they did not know how songs were going to start or end.