Jerking your head up is often preferable as you can move your head further, ensuring that the other person sees you, especially from a distance.
If your itinerary allows it, revisit the same spot at different times of day to witness the changing light and decide if sunset or sunrise is preferable in your particular location.
It is preferable for your veil to reach at least shoulder length and for it to have some volume on the top of the head.
Having a credit card number stolen is far preferable to having your bank account cleared out via your PIN.
A cut, even a severe one, on your arm is preferable to a stab wound in your solar plexus.
Use the correct forms of address ("sir/madam, you and your colleagues" is preferable in the magistrates to the exceedingly naff "your worships" but if you want to grovel, use the latter).
Some schools will use the scholarships to reduce the amount of debt in your package, which is obviously preferable to reducing grants or scholarships.
Living with your shame forever is sometimes preferable to aesthetic disaster.
Taking your own life or obliterating your brain is seen as preferable to the simple act of asking for help.
On the beach is preferable, but if your lover turns up Van Morrison's Moondance in your kitchen -- well, you know.
