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In short, she flirts with him, as a preliminary to asking him, in his role as family friend, to lend her some money.

As a preliminary to meditation, there has to be change in the unconscious response of the heart.

Like William Morris, he turned to Socialism as a necessary preliminary to the dissemination of his great idea.

And, as any man knew, a hard two miles was not the best preliminary to a fight.

A rise in the value of old securities is an indispensable preliminary to the flotation of new issues.

Lishui Weather preliminary to the file information, file management automation.

All this is preliminary to the main election struggle.

Conversation or discussion preliminary to negotiation.

To endorse (a motion or nomination) as a required preliminary to discussion or vote.

In the case of cotton processing, opening is necessary preliminary to cleaning.

Casualty figures in Wednesday's quake were too preliminary to draw any conclusions about the ratio of student deaths.

So that's Vannoy since you mentioned in the background of Vannoy so long, preliminary to your point which you can now present.

All these were preliminary to troubles and strains and fears .

preliminary to the subject; but I do not therefore think myself

Preliminary to a later stage in a continuing process:

Understanding a preliminary to financial control in a business

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