. . "2007-04-03T14:01:38+02:00"^^ . "11620"^^ . . "pre" . . . . . "The action performed by the Agent that is a preliminary to the achievement of the Purpose. The Preparatory_act may also be expressed by a result of such an act. The company's actions at that stage were simply preliminary to the takeover. Nothing remarkable could be found, as it was almost certainly a preliminary book to the final publication of results."@en . . . . . "Preparatory_act" . .