Sentence examples for preferable simple from inspiring English sources

McDonnell said he believed that although membership of the single market would be preferable, simple access was the more realistic prospect.

These methods are preferable to simple mean imputation, or simple "best-worst" or "worst-worst" imputation, because the categorization of patients into clinically meaningful subgroups, and the imputation of their missing data by appropriately different models, accords well with best clinical judgment concerning the likely outcomes of the dropouts, and therefore will enhance the trial's results".

The sequences are 2-D extensions of their 1-D predecessors previously described and are intended for studying processes in porous solids and other samples with short relaxation times whenever 2-D T2 maps are preferable to simple 1-D profiling.

This approach avoids the introduction of synonyms and colloquialisms and is thus preferable to simple back-translation.

Would it not be preferable, and simpler, to let parents come to their own conclusions based on experience, rather than listen to the advice of self-styled experts?

Our method of statistical analysis interrupted time series autoregression controls for baseline level and trend when estimating expected changes in the number of prescriptions (or deaths) due to the intervention, and is therefore preferable to simpler methods such as a change in proportions before and after the intervention which do not take long term baseline data into account.

Advocates of cap-and-trade argue that it is preferable to a simple carbon tax because it fixes a national cap on carbon emissions and it "hides the ball" — it doesn't use the word "tax" — even though it amounts to one.

Higher accuracy of the proposed hybrid approach and its ability to properly detect the relationships between the decision-making components make it preferable over the simple Data Envelopment Analysis method.

Taking your own life or obliterating your brain is seen as preferable to the simple act of asking for help.

Each of the options presented an attempt to include a comparison group - which is preferable to a simple before and after study.

In general, including multiple techniques into a single 'comprehensive' search would be preferable to a simple search involving only a single technique, but even so this does not ensure that the combination is truly comprehensive (as we have demonstrated with the CIG Trials Registry).