Sentence examples for but preferable to from inspiring English sources
Garth Risk Hallberg: "The Angel Esmeralda," by Don DeLillo The Pulitzer citation specifies that the winning novel "preferably" deal with "American life" — but preferable to what?
"This would be difficult for all sides but preferable to an historic split," the source said.
It is some sort of homework but preferable to all my High School type works.
It's frustrating, she said, but preferable to spending her time trying to keep up with the intricacies of tax law.
Helping Mr. Johnson was hard work, Mr. Gumbs said, but preferable to the main alternative: caddying at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
Advocates like Ms. Fowler say the new version, which now heads to the House, is insufficient but preferable to the current situation.
They described it as "unattractive," but "nonetheless preferable" to the 38-story tower.
Taking advice will cost more than an execution-only broker but is preferable to taking out an inadequate policy.
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson today said full-blown privatisation of the broadcaster would be a "mistake" – but still preferable to a tie-up with ITV or Channel Five in terms of the value created for taxpayers.
Dominated by a five-note theme that meanders though a miasma of clanging bells and glutinous strings, it overstays its welcome, but is preferable to Raskatov's recomposition of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death, which accompanied it.
