Coffee is preferable to tea. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Optional but preferable is access to refreshments (e.g. in a coffee shop). From Wordnik.com. [Ubuntu Global Jam: Time To Rock The House | jonobacon@home] Reference
One major component of the 2011 route that Vande Velde finds preferable is the eight flat stages over the first 11 days of racing. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Vande Velde: Pyrenees are the sleeper challenge in the 2011 Tour de France] Reference
Even if the synthetic price is many times that of the natural product, it still will be preferable from a national gain point of view. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Laws of International Trade] Reference
Drivers consider such wake-up calls preferable to being ticketed or towed, says Hurwitz. From Wordnik.com. [Streetsblog New York City] Reference
» Sorry, but no Posted by: Joshua Holland judeophobia, islamophobia terms preferable not anti semitism. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
The only reason I can see why a 5.1 Surround sound track might have been preferable is the accentuate the show’s excellent soundtrack. From Wordnik.com. [Flixnjoystix.com! » Bobert Would Go Under The Knife For Season Three Of NIP/TUCK!] Reference
Portugal's Foreign Minister Luis Amado saying it would be "preferable" if he did not attend. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
June 2006 Note: In 2005, I made these with thin spears of asparagus and called them "preferable". From Wordnik.com. [A Veggie Venture] Reference
Shade of any type is not required, and if it is used it is "preferable" that native trees are used. From Wordnik.com. [Sara Lee to Source More Sustainable Coffee] Reference
European diplomats by judging it "preferable" if Mugabe did not attend, since he might divert participants from essential issues. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Minister Luis Amado recently judging it "preferable" if Mugabe did not attend, since he might divert participants from essential issues. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In fact, the court stated that it is "preferable" for district courts not to construe design patents. From Wordnik.com. [IP Law Blog] Reference
Then he slips from "preferable" to "higher", thus surreptitiously introducing a moral classification among pleasures. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
The report also said it would have been "preferable" that CHB ran the issue past NHSB board members, given its "sensitivity". From Wordnik.com. Reference
"preferable" in terms of providing educators to all schools as part of the management plan. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"preferable" if Mugabe did not attend, since he might divert participants from essential issues. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
'preferable to' in place of 'more preferable than'. 'preferable' is word indicating a comparative sense and thus is more superflous. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Is it preferable not to have Oprah do a live show?. From Wordnik.com. [When We Look At Disaster ...] Reference
Despite their hazards, cigars are probably preferable to cigarettes. From Wordnik.com. [Are Stogies Safer Than Cigarettes?] Reference
"But it is far preferable to never being reunited with your person.". From Wordnik.com. [Microchips: Fido Once Was Lost, But Now He's Found] Reference
A sort of peace -- any peace -- seemed preferable to war without end. From Wordnik.com. [Going Home] Reference
What does film offer you that makes it preferable to drawing sometimes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange, Prescient Art Of Marcel Dzama] Reference
Child labor predates globalization -- and is preferable to child starvation. From Wordnik.com. [SHARING THE WEALTH] Reference
Also, homemade stock is preferable because it is not as salty as store-bought. From Wordnik.com. [Green, Even in Winter] Reference
It's an uneasy peace, but preferable to the anarchy that followed the gulf war. From Wordnik.com. [The Turkish Dilemma] Reference
Ann Widdecombe, a feisty Tory MP, also found Catholicism preferable to Anglicanism. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Revival] Reference
Why is drilling there preferable to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?. From Wordnik.com. [‘The American People Know Me’] Reference
Controlled messiness, we've discovered at last, is far preferable to airless perfection. From Wordnik.com. [It's Cool To Be Warm] Reference
But the fine has to be high enough to seriously encourage health insurance as a preferable option. From Wordnik.com. [Left Behind] Reference
In the end, Edwards never managed to convince voters that he offered a preferable alternative to Kerry. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Steam] Reference
Many of them assume that employment-based insurance — for all its flaws — is preferable to any other system. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Option] Reference
The terror and desperation that made jumping out preferable to staying in the building are just too horrific to imagine. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Which is to say: despite ritualistic denunciations of budget deficits, most Americans find them preferable to the alternatives. From Wordnik.com. [Bottom Dollar] Reference
Our market-based financial system has contributed greatly to our economy, and is far preferable to a government-directed system. From Wordnik.com. [What Should Uncle Sam Do?] Reference
Apparently economic well-being compared with that of their fellow Arabs on the West Bank has made staying preferable to joining them. From Wordnik.com. [Under Pressure] Reference
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