Considering the scarcity of resources, investments in these strategic industries are thus preferable because they provide externalities.

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.

Metropolitan Lima offers advantages over the rest of the country, and urban settlements are preferable to rural ones.

It's preferable that I talk to a parent.

His delegation considered that the second variant was preferable.

They might feel that no record at all was preferable.

Diverging views were expressed as to which variant was preferable.

Further consideration is required on which approach would be preferable.

I can therefore state that the hardest and most hotly contested negotiations are still infinitely preferable to the easiest of military victories.

In any case, it would be preferable to list such treaties.

It would be preferable to refer those matters to general international law.

That would be preferable to that carrying out such activities through offices in other countries that are far from the actual areas needing assistance.

The majority of the respondents were also convinced that male leaders are definitely preferable to female leaders because men as leaders are more rational, self confident and have more authority.

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

Life on death row, harsh as it may be, is preferable to death.

Thus it was preferable not to deal with those obligations in the article.

Experiences indicated that increased public private sector partnership and or cooperation is preferable.

It was considered preferable to include the element of intent in the chapeau.

In our view, a uniform regime applicable to space objects will always be preferable.

There is no point in trying to find what is preferable in this area.

Multilateral and bilateral negotiations on contentious issues and positive economic measures were greatly preferable.

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.

He concluded that a clean break from past policies and practices, though difficult, is preferable .

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.

Less formal exchanges of views would be preferable and would certainly accelerate the responses of Governments.

This would be preferable to actuarial projection techniques and would simplify the review of the calculations

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

It was generally agreed that the law governing the receivable to which the assignment related was preferable.

But this seemed preferable to running the risk of presenting incomplete information on the various points discussed.

There was consensus that it would be preferable to adopt only one resolution for each agenda item.

The Government recognized that monetary settlements were preferable since they enabled claimants to repurchase lands or assets themselves.

The Committee even goes so far as to state that life on death row is preferable to death.

It was generally agreed that a substantive law approach would be preferable, since it would provide more certainty.

What would be preferable here is a call for measures to help workers adapt to changing market conditions.

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.

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

In the first place, it is stated as a basic assumption that awaiting execution is preferable to execution itself.

The Committee is not competent to decide what would be preferable in cases like that of the present communication.

The Commission s agreement to continue its work on the topic was welcome, but an integrated approach would be preferable.

It was suggested that it would be preferable to refer to quot substantive quot or quot objective quot grounds.

Although several Commission members backed this proposal, a discussion ensued on whether a larger number might not be preferable.

I've told you I think the clinic preferable... even though the villa has comforts... not available at the clinic.

This may include certain products that are already included in the list of EGs prepared by Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), as well as other products such as certain environmentally preferable products (EPPs).