Problem prevention was preferable to problem solving.

His delegation considered that the second variant was preferable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was thought that the contractual place of receipt and the contractual place of delivery were preferable in terms of predictability.

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

So actually we are getting less from more for less and less people.

Less meat, less junk, more plants.

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

We believe it is preferable to emphasize the interdependence of the global community, which brings about greater contact between diverse cultures and peoples.

It's more with less and less again.

Fiona's letters gradually came less and less.

There would be more democracy, less oppression more freedom, less terrorism more growth, less poverty.

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

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

I say, less and less the human touch.

Less effort, you're less persistent, and so on.

Fiona's letters were becoming less and less frequent.

Letters from Fiona came gradually less and less.

It turns out, most people over 50 feel better, are less stressed, are less hostile, less anxious.

According to the analysts of the EU competition law rules, showing during the auction overall ranking instead of prices is preferable from competition law prospective.

That their parents be less tired and less stressed.

People are less kind. There is less trust around.

So, traffic keeps flowing, so that means less braking, which means less accelerating, less gas and less pollution, less time wasted, and that partly accounts for Europe's better efficiency than we have in the United States.

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.

It has been deemed preferable to have the rule depend upon and be linked with the case of a conflict between the two categories of obligations.

Which categories of environmentally preferable products could be included in WTO negotiations on EGs, and what should developing country priorities be for negotiations in this area?

We in public health, we hate child death, so we want less and less and less of child deaths.

And then the other areas become less and less positive.

They work for longer hours with less income, less social welfare.

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.

Another advantage was said to be that the concept of volume contracts was preferable to that of OLSAs, as it was a broader and more universal concept.

We try and do more and more with less and less time.

And I have also, every year, seen less and less sea ice.

Currently in Haiti we are speaking less and less of security problems.

It is rare in history that such widely different but plausible paths stem from a common point. It is not difficult, however, to determine which one is preferable.

Mr. Nordlander (Sweden) said that, having heard the statements by the representatives of the United States and Singapore, he thought it preferable to retain draft paragraph 1 (c).