Evolution, if attainable, is clearly preferable.

It is not difficult, however, to determine which one is preferable.

To that end, mental damage is preferable to physical injury.

The hard to do is preferable to the unacceptable and the unthinkable.

A powerful prime minister seems preferable.

The preferable alternative would be growth boosting devaluations that is, a eurozone breakup.

Problem prevention was preferable to problem solving.

The second option is clearly preferable. After all, it is always better to control one s own fate.

Despite Russia s history after 1917, one dominant political party is preferable to none at all.

Australia agrees that an independent prosecutorial system is preferable to complainant States conducting the prosecution.

So meritocracy seems preferable, at least at first sight.

But overpaying was far preferable to suffering more attacks.

His delegation considered that the second variant was preferable.

In that case, surely an orderly divorce now is preferable to a messy split down the line.

Is it preferable to adjust in full? Or is it advisable to blend consolidation with a dose of alternative medicine?

There is another preferable way to portray them in prison uniforms after they've been prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

As such, a peer to peer exchange, rather than a donor recipient scenario, is preferable for sustainability of innovations.

A Middle East free of nuclear weapons certainly is preferable to a region with two or more nuclear weapons states.

However, it is preferable to underline the positive elements and state that we will not forget the people of Haiti.

It is my understanding that it would be preferable for the Assembly to consider the report at its sixtieth session.

A more comprehensive approach, if one could be found, would be far preferable.

It would therefore be preferable to envisage the drafting of an additional protocol.

After all, a lecture from a good teacher even if it is broadcast over the Internet is preferable to face time with an untrained adult.

In addition, grant aid in the social sector is preferable to loans, as the latter would drive the nation into heavy debt.

A multi polar world, many thought, would be vastly preferable to more Pax Americana.

We believe it is preferable to emphasize the interdependence of the global community, which brings about greater contact between diverse cultures and peoples.

It would be far preferable for Member States to take this vital decision by consensus.

Advocates of monetary stimulation sometimes argue that it is preferable because it is more neutral in its distributional effects, and that its benefits are spread more widely.

If imprisonment must be used to sanction offenders, it is preferable that the sentence be discharged in the community rather than in an institution.

It would be far preferable to balance tax increases with some reversal of runaway government spending.

Are we to believe that those consequences are preferable to the unintended consequences of pay regulation?

Now, one might argue that the dignified pomp of Queen Elizabeth II is preferable to the tawdry grandiosity of Silvio Berlusconi, Madonna, or Cristiano Ronaldo.

According to the analysts of the EU competition law rules, showing during the auction overall ranking instead of prices is preferable from competition law prospective.

The hard to do is preferable to the unacceptable and the unthinkable. Still, there is little indication so far that the two reform laggards are up to the challenge.

It might be preferable, for instance, to avoid using the parallel terms States Parties and Contracting States .

Every day, 24 hours, that pump is at your side, administering medicine directly to your heart, and it's not a particularly preferable medicine in many senses.

A condensed version is considerably preferable to simply reading a full text at very high speed, which gives the interpreters a lot of grief and is not fair to them.

So meritocracy seems preferable, at least at first sight. But, on closer inspection, things are not so simple.

Some form of default will almost surely be forced upon Greece, and this may be the most preferable alternative.

Above all, multilateralism is never preferable to a good bilateral solution a view that has reinforced behavior that undermines, rather than strengthens, the capacity for effective international action.

It is preferable for the parties to appoint their own mediator, but it is also possible for the court to rule that it considers mediation necessary for the resolution of the conflict.

However, there is a clear need to develop this idea further in order for us to be able to conclude that it is preferable to a Commission on Human Rights with universal membership.

Despite its flaws, a system in which elected officials are held publicly accountable and can be voted out of office is still preferable to rule by tycoons or technocrats.

For instance, they note that it might be preferable to immunize individuals located in network's center more than peripheral individuals.

A fairly applied, consistent merger regime was preferable and would be unlikely to harm small and medium sized Jamaican firms.