Sentence examples for By preferring from inspiring English sources

In the model's early months, Mr. Ross said, passengers would often let trains with traditional cars pass them by, preferring the features — or at least the novelty — of the new ones.

By preferring paths made of closer nodes, a routing algorithm may reduce the energy consumption, hence increasing a node's life.

By preferring non-binding or voluntary regulatory instruments (Fredriksson et al. 2012, Skjærseth et al. 2006), this regulatory approach fully participates to the shift "from direct intervention ('rowing') to indirect intervention ('steering') in terms of enabling, motivating and pressing the regulated parties to regulate and to comply with self-regulation" (Dorbeck-Jung and Shelley-Egan 2013, 56).

By preferring code over configuration, gulp keeps simple things simple and makes complex tasks manageable.

He showed compassion by preferring a dog from a shelter.

More experienced players should leverage their skill over longer games by preferring economical and balanced openings.

And the woman made the wrong choice by preferring the legend.

Barlach achieved a rough-hewn quality by preferring wood, the material used in late Gothic sculpture.

They have a further advantage by preferring the more open areas: savannas, grasslands, and forest clearings.

In that regard, by preferring more certainty, the firm is said to be risk averse.

His enemies accused him of undermining Christianity by preferring the nomadic Cumans to the Magyars.