in preference to造句

She was chosen in preference to her sister.

My heart invariably cleaved to the master's, in preference to Catherine's side.

She choose to learn the violin in preference to the piano

Promoting the use of aluminum containers in preference to others might actually conserve resources.

A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.

I would generally/usually choose Chinese food in preference to western food.

You can also employ tables to add color to a page in preference to slow loading graphics.

The inhabitants, apparently Neanderthals, selectively used pine for heating in preference to more available types of wood.

But the circumstance was sufficient to lead him to select Tess in preference to the other pretty milkmaids when he wished to contemplate contiguous womankind.

This is probably because a fetus starved of oxygen will send oxygenated blood to the brain in preference to rest of the body.

Where those two languages can be error prone, Ceylon forces a block structure on the cases and removes the default case in preference to an else block.

But plant species do move, as seeds that are spread tend to grow better in one place than another — in this case at higher elevations in preference to lower ones.

It may be watched and guarded, so that the enemy shall not force his way again into the citadel, and might even in his subsequent assaults, select some other avenue, in preference to that where he had formerly succeeded.