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

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

A powerful prime minister seems preferable.

Evolution, if attainable, is clearly preferable.

Problem prevention was preferable to problem solving.

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

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.

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

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 was suggested that developing such an instrument might take a considerable amount of time and that it was preferable to begin the process earlier rather than later.

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

He also stated that it was preferable, for reasons of public perception and cultural sensitivities, for a State to prosecute alleged perpetrators rather than having international courts do so.

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.

It may be preferable for the United Nations to focus on the creation of a new, credible and effective electoral management body, rather than try to build capacity of the old regime election commission.

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.

In her view, rather than rush into legislative reform, it was preferable to adopt the inheritance arrangements best suited to the culture of the country, which should, of course, be in keeping with international treaties.

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?

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 .

Is it more difficult to predict, and adjust to, the coming of a fundamental change, than to defend the present order, under the motto of the devil you know is always preferable to the devil you don t know!

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.

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

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?

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

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.

The signal being sent is clear it is preferable that Israel, the only state in the region that abides by the rule of law, be surrounded by authoritarian regimes where political outcomes are predictable than by democratic states where Islamists may well rise to power.

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

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

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

The CHAIRPERSON thought that it would be preferable to consider any changes to the order of the operative paragraphs after discussing the text.