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

A powerful prime minister seems preferable.

Evolution, if attainable, is clearly preferable.

Problem prevention was preferable to problem solving.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

We also agree that, even if it would be preferable for action to be taken by consensus, that must not become an excuse for postponing action.

He also states that, although consensus would be preferable, if we are unable to reach consensus, this must not become an excuse for postponing action (ibid., para.

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.

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

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?

Although it would be preferable to proceed with the harmonization as a first step, the harmonization effort should not prevent the consolidation of payroll systems from taking place simultaneously.

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

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

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

He urged Parties to bear in mind that, although preferable, meeting the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention was not a precondition for the submission of notifications.

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.

It would be very preferable for Member States to take this vital decision by consensus, but if they are unable to reach consensus this must not become an excuse for postponing action.

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

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.

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

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.

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

It would be far preferable to exchange them for Eurobonds, backed by the full faith and credit of all eurozone countries.

It was felt that such a provision under draft article 9 was preferable to a general exclusion under draft article 2.

Since the former would also apply with respect to the other legal persons referred to in draft article 13, it was considered preferable not to depart from the term incorporated used in the Barcelona Traction case.

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

From the growers perspective, receiving a premium by selling a Fairtrade product is preferable to receiving a charitable handout that they would get whether they worked or not and regardless of the quality of what they produce.

The group also agreed that while it is preferable to hold LEG meetings in LDCs, a meeting need not necessarily be organized in an LDC Party if it is more appropriate and effective to conduct it elsewhere.

True, Asian democracies, however unstable, are preferable to autocracies, whether military, as in Pakistan and Burma, or communist, as in China and Vietnam.