Between prison and no prison, no prison was clearly preferable.
To these leaders, unwavering neutrality was clearly preferable to what New Delhi was then proposing.
But this agenda, however ill formed, is clearly preferable to protectionism and Wal-Mart bashing.
"Any of these measures are clearly preferable to leaving building entrances unguarded for even short periods," he said.
From the American perspective, a more centralized and undemocratic Europe is clearly preferable to the risk of another recession.
This all sounds great: providing people in need with real food is clearly preferable to providing them with junk.
It seemed clearly preferable to black out for one minute, as opposed to, say, ten minutes or an hour, and I felt reassured, almost amused.
But if you were in Putin's shoes, you'd regard Trump as clearly preferable to Clinton, who is an old-style American hawk.
And in those circumstances, getting married at the age of 17, if you get pregnant, may very well appear to be the clearly preferable option".
While low-energy bulbs are clearly preferable for locations such as hallways or porches, they cannot provide the quality of light that consumers demand for their living rooms.
A successful outcome to talks between Congress and the White House over a multi-trillion-dollar package of budget cuts is clearly preferable to a chaotic debt default.
