1. The victory came at a cost, however. Preliminary estimates put the lawyers' campaign at nearly $ 14 million.

2. A preliminary estimate suggests a likely ceiling of between 120 and 130 machines.

3. The government will release a preliminary estimate of full-year gross domestic product tomorrow.

4. Gans' preliminary estimate about the Tuesday turnout means the spurt four years ago was an exception to the trend.

5. HSBC's preliminary estimate for Chinese manufacturing fell to 51.1 (see chart), well below the long-term average of 52.3, confirming a slowdown evident in April's industrial-production figures.

6. Even so, President Bachelet has given a preliminary estimate of the reconstruction price tag, saying it could total $30 billion.

7. According to the preliminary estimate, the measured boresight accuracy between visible light and infrared reached 4.01", visible light and laser reached 1.08", infrared and laser reached 4.05".

8. According to preliminary estimate, China will import equipment, technologies and products worth of 1.4 trillion USD from 2001 to 2005.

9. The preliminary estimate suggested that the economy had shrunk at an annualised rate of 12.7% during the period, the third consecutive quarter of contraction.

10. A preliminary estimate or conceptual estimate is based on the conceptual design of the facility at the state when the basic technologies for the design are known.

11. On May 26th the government said GDP grew by an annualised 1.8% in the first quarter,() identical to its preliminary estimate.

12. The American Society of Travel Agents said in a preliminary estimate that as many as 10000 of its 25000 members could be put out of business.

13. Channel estimation is divided into LS estimation at pilot tones and the interpolation of the preliminary estimate.

14. That number will jump by at least 600, the preliminary estimate for the number of pieces from Tuesday's collision.