(n.) A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law.
(v. t. & i.) To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble.
Example Sentences:
(1) An affirmative result for the preamble was obtained in this study.
(2) I don’t think, at least in Iowa, her almost celebrity status over some of the others gets her any type of advantage.” Palin confused many onlookers with the directions taken in her remarks, which featured a freewheeling preamble of almost 10 minutes – half the time allotted to each speaker.
(3) Referee Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Preamble: Algeria have scored only goal in their last seven matches and that was a penalty against the United Arab Emirates.
(4) 8.46pm GMT Preamble OK. We know it's going to be cold at Lambeau Field.
(5) cries Gary Naylor, making a liar of me and the cast-iron GUARDIAN NO-SUAREZ GUARANTEE™ in the preamble.
(6) She read aloud the act preamble , acknowledging the Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders as the inhabitants of Australia before European settlement and the dispossession, without compensation, of their lands.
(7) Here's what happened the last time these two sides played here in mid-October: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.27am GMT Preamble Hello, and welcome to the Western Conference semi-final second leg between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders , in which Portland try to defend a slim lead and Seattle continue their annual quest to make a second leg playoff comeback actually count.
(8) The Bolton player may end up featuring more in the Gold Cup than these World Cup qualifiers, but who knows what twists and turns lie ahead — it’s not as if a year ago anyone was anticipating Landon Donovan not being picked for a squad he was eligible for... Here’s the US roster in full: GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire) DEFENDERS: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg) MIDFIELDERS: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC) More on Belgium in a minute 12.25am BST Preamble Hello, Cleveland!
(9) Not that a US win is guaranteed — as the clip in the preamble shows Jamaica know they can beat this US side, and they’ll be playing with the home advantage of “The Office” - the nickname for Jamaica’s Independence Park.
(10) Let me know at paolo.bandini.freelance@guardian.co.uk or on Twitter @Paolo_Bandini 7.28pm GMT Preamble Are we about to witness the birth of another of great footballing rivalry at Hampden Park?
(11) 11.28pm GMT Kolten Wong As mentioned in the preamble, Wong apologised on twitter after the game, after holding back tears describing how he slipped getting back to first base.
(12) It is what every Conservative prime minister I have worked for was determined to avoid.” But Iain Duncan Smith, a former Conservative leader and longstanding Brexit campaigner, insisted that it marked the “end of all of the preamble and the beginning of departure”.
(13) The Supreme Court declined to the rule on the constitutionality of this preamble, maintaining that the preamble did no regulate abortions or medical practice.
(14) Between now and 1pm we'll get across the preamble to the statement and note some other developments in politics today.
(15) Updated at 4.30pm BST 2.21pm BST Preamble To hear the players and managers talking about it , the pitch at the Khimki Arena will be akin to playing in the Somme circa July 1916.
(16) How Newcastle’s manager must have regretted likening himself to the captain of the Titanic in the preamble to kick off.
(17) EDIT: Word is it’s Johnson and Cameron who got the nod - so a mix of attacking and defensive instincts then... 2.32am BST Preamble Welcome to Seattle for tonight’s World Cup qualifier between USA and Panama.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 6.39pm BST Preamble Wilkommen bei den minute-auf-minute der 2013 Champions League Fußball final!
(19) 8.58pm GMT Preamble When Peyton Manning takes to Sports Authority Field to begin his latest playoff run, his Broncos will be facing more than just the San Diego Chargers.
(20) I think the public and politicians are at one on the issue.” A recent survey found that nearly three out of four people supported the mention of Indigenous peoples in the preamble of the founding document, and an even greater percentage supported the removal of clauses that discriminated on the basis of race.
Preliminaries
Definition:
(pl. ) of Preliminary
Example Sentences:
(1) Results obtained from animal experiments have been confirmed by preliminary clinical investigations.
(2) Preliminary data also suggest that high-molecular-weight rearrangements of the duplicated region are present in all tissues.
(3) For consistent identification of the normal pancreas, preliminary longitudinal scanning at, or near, the mid-line and subsequent oblique scanning in the long axis are necessary prerequisites in delineating the anatomic outline of the pancreas.
(4) Preliminary rhythmic somatic stimulation has a predominantly facilitating effect on EPs appearing in response to tonal stimuli in the areas A1, S2, S1.
(5) Results of this study provide preliminary evidence that tracheal adherence and HA of B avium are closely related.
(6) These preliminary experiments suggest that oSm is similar to IGF-I in its binding characteristics and that primary cultures of skeletal muscle satellite cells possess type I and type II IGF receptors.
(7) Preliminary studies of different systems suggest several of them may have sensitivity to detect intraepithelial abnormalities in excess of 95%.
(8) This preliminary study compared the level of ego development, as measured by Loevinger's Washington University Sentence Completion Test (SCT), of 30 women with histories of childhood sexual victimization, and 30 women with no history of abuse.
(9) Our preliminary data from this study suggest that 85% trichloroacetic acid is effective treatment of human papillomavirus infection of the cervix without dysplasia.
(10) We present in this preliminary report the early results of therapy for refractory leukemia with an intensive preparative regimen for bone marrow transplantation including etoposide, cytosine arabinoside, cyclophosphamide, and fractionated total body irradiation.
(11) This preliminary study estimates the occurrence of concurrent helminth infection in Africa and Brazil to determine whether such an approach is justified epidemiologically.
(12) Preliminary hearing results of 45 cases show air-bone gap closure of 67% within 10 dB and 98% within 20 dB.
(13) Results in this preliminary study demonstrate the need to evaluate the hazard of microbial aerosols generated by sewage treatment plants similar to the one studied.
(14) These preliminary results suggest that IGIV may be more beneficial and less expensive than plasmapheresis in treatment of GBS.
(15) The preliminary one-time administration of DSIP to animals subjected to a stressor influence also increases the SP content in the hypothalamus.
(16) The resultant scales were administered to a small sample for preliminary empirical testing.
(17) A preliminary study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of therapeutic patient groups in a rehabilitation setting.
(18) To test this hypothesis 30 Wistar rats were subjected to laparotomy and colonic resection and treated with 5-Fluorouracil or Mitomycin C. The bursting strength of the abdominal scars and the colonic anastomotic bursting pressure revealed some interference in the rats treated with 5-Fluorouracil (Student's t test P less than 0.05) but none in the case of Mitomycin C. This preliminary study deserves to be followed up.
(19) A preliminary "profile" of the patient with low back pain who would likely benefit from manual therapy included acute symptom onset with less than a 1-month duration of symptoms, central or paravertebral pain distribution, no previous exposure to spinal manipulation, and no pending litigation or workers' compensation.
(20) Preliminary studies suggested that inhibition of aggregation was not attributable to inhibition of prostanoid synthesis or to raised levels of cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate.