A powerful prime minister seems preferable.

So meritocracy seems preferable, at least at first sight.

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

That system was certainly preferable.

Anything is preferable to shoveling...

Evolution, if attainable, is clearly preferable.

Death is preferable to this anarchy!

Problem prevention was preferable to problem solving.

It would be preferable simply to delete them.

But overpaying was far preferable to suffering more attacks.

His delegation considered that the second variant was preferable.

The prevailing view was that alternative B was preferable.

It was preferable to foster enterprise rather than dependence.

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

It might therefore be preferable to proceed in another manner.

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

So this is a preferable scenario to this one down here.

And I can understand those who believe that reverting to a fight, even a fight to the death, would be preferable to the tangle of negotiations and compromise that sometimes seems to stretch ahead for ever.

A powerful prime minister seems preferable. One of the chief weaknesses in Russia's constitutional design is that power is separated from accountability the president has the most power, but the government is held accountable for policy results.

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

It is clearly for Member States to decide which course is preferable.

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.

In that respect, the New Zealand draft was more specific and therefore preferable.

(a) The remark that a synthetic definition might be preferable to an enumeration

Of course, the preferable way to deal with conflicts is by preventing them.

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

They were convinced that, compared with traditional peace keeping, preventive actions would be preferable.

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 therefore be preferable not to have different rules for communications through different means.

Seems exciting.

Seems reasonable.

Seems safe.

Seems reasonable.

seems like.

She seems a bit lacking, but she seems pretty normal.

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?

None the less, a solution based solely on the nature of the transaction would be preferable.

As for article 21, several delegations felt it preferable to retain it in its present form.

The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless.

He seems tired.