A powerful prime minister seems preferable.

Evolution, if attainable, is clearly preferable.

Problem prevention was preferable to problem solving.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

For that purpose, the Commission considered that it might be preferable for the Working Group to postpone its discussions regarding the requirement of written form for the arbitration agreement.

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 preferable for Kazakhstan, as it would for many other States, if consensus on Security Council reform were reached before the summit in September 2005.

For that purpose, the Commission considered that it might be preferable for the Working Group to postpone its discussions regarding the writing requirement and the New York Convention.

For that purpose, the Commission considered that it might be preferable for the Working Group to postpone its discussions regarding the writing requirement and the New York Convention.

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?

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

As an older man, Schumpeter qualified his views to argue that some degree of monopoly might be preferable to competition in creating stronger incentives for companies to innovate.

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

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.

But the combination of emergency insurance and the wait to insure strategy would still be financially preferable for many individuals, and the number would grow as premiums are driven higher.

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.