Sentence examples similar to adopt one in preference to another from inspiring English sources

6 Since 2013, the name of physician associates (PAs) has been adopted in preference to physician assistants in the UK.

The reactive-centre sequence was adopted in preference to the numbering system used previously [ 22] because the former contains functional information lacking in the latter.

239, 240, 81 L.Ed. 294, and he suggests that the views therein stated be adopted in the present case in preference to those embodied in the Panhandle Oil Case, supra.

A clear majority of them adopted the narrow view of public use in preference to the broad one.

The early Irish Church was independent of Rome and proudly clung to its own usages in preference to those adopted by the rest of Christendom.

While recuperating, he prepared designs for a suspension bridge over the Avon Gorge in Bristol, one of which was ultimately adopted in the construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge (1830 63) in preference to a design by the noted Scottish engineer Thomas Telford.

Such research has also shown something odd: horseflies attack black horses in preference to white ones.

Generally, the fossa preys upon larger lemurs and rodents in preference to smaller ones.

Keep new shoots in preference to old ones.

Use metal brackets in preference to plastic ones, as they tend to be sturdier.

The International Bureau has adopted this method, proposed by the Physikalisch-technische Reichanstalt, in preference to using a hermetically sealed container.