"Any of these measures are clearly preferable to leaving building entrances unguarded for even short periods," he said.

On the other hand, it was clearly preferable to the assumption that to be deprived of a child was punishment for sin.

Absorbing the card and the expulsion was clearly preferable to allowing a goal as the match drew to a close.

A single moderator is clearly preferable to a big panel.

Some environmental leaders also say that both types of diapers have ecological drawbacks and that neither is clearly preferable.

Elections are clearly preferable to the harsh martial rule that Pakistan has suffered for much of its existence.

Malathion is clearly preferable for us because it degrades so quickly in the environment and in the body.

John Adams, the paper now declared, was clearly preferable to Washington.

This was clearly preferable to liberation in the new anti Soviet Cold War understanding.

Adoption is clearly preferable to prolonged foster care or reunification with a dysfunctional family.