• Other solutions are infinitely preferable - solutions that do not compromise unique and beautiful countryside.

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  • If, however, you are converting from a C corp to a passthrough, an S corp is preferable--you can convert to an S corp, but not an LLC, without triggering extra tax.

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  • Industry groups, though, maintain that self-regulation is preferable to government requirements for a fast-changing, global medium like the Internet.

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  • In fact, they are preferable to ill-fated acquisitions, bad business decisions and lackluster product lines.

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  • In the short-term, then, it may be preferable to create a Sub-Unified Command for the continent within the European Command ? where much expertise on Africa is currently housed ? while working to relocate in theater in the longer-term.

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  • In the small towns of Chumbivilcas, this may be preferable to living side-by-side with someone you harbour negative feelings toward.

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  • Others will see the confinements of my diet as depressing, but for me they are delicacies that are far preferable to the too-often-required clear liquid diet.

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  • In a Krugman world, centralized management of the money supply is preferable to a market-based outcome because the academically-informed economists will serve the best interests of the economy at large.

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  • Clearly, it would be far preferable from every perspective - strategically, economically and politically - if our leaders can get them underway before that happens and, thereby, mitigate the consequences when, not if, it does.

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  • And it's possible space officials might decide that the longer, old-fashioned way -- allowing the crew to get its space legs over two days, however cramped they might be -- is preferable, depending on how this mission goes, Humphries said.

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  • In other words, more quality educational play-time is preferable to more testing, measuring, and evaluating.

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  • Since these payments narrow the disparity between employment and unemployment, and in some cases may even be preferable to accepting a low-paying job, workers are incentivized to reject employment opportunities that they might otherwise accept.

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  • Since the juries that determine those damages sometimes award ruinous sums, firms often find the certainty of spending a little to buy off an ill-founded suit preferable to the risk of financial disaster by contesting it (and consumers end up with more expensive products as a result).

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  • The eco-rating system assesses 15 specific criteria drawn from five general categories of sustainability attributes - attributes include the usage of environmentally preferable materials, minimization of hazardous substances, energy efficiency, responsible end-of-life treatment and environmentally-responsible manufacturing.

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  • Customer service and quality gained the upper hand over low pricing, and Waitrose and Sainsbury's emerged as the preferable destination for the growing middle-class segment.

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  • Here is a spreadsheet that I have put together that illustrates why a long-term bond is preferable for Ireland to the current promissory note arrangements.

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  • But one patient, Elaine Paige, said that for her careful face-to-face questioning was more preferable.

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  • But critics say that hurdle is too high - just 5% is preferable.

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  • The CEOs I talk with are well aware that slower growth in a less risky U.S. is often preferable to goosing share prices for short-term gains in China.

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  • "I think it is far more preferable for someone to want to opt-in to something than for the government to presume you have no objection because you have not made any utterance about it, " he said.

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  • The thinking in Paris is clearly that a French member of the Big Pharma club would be preferable to French dominance of the also-rans club, or to takeovers by foreign rivals even if this means an unseemly, and unusual, hostile takeover battle.

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  • Clearly, for this purpose, it would be preferable to choose a department where your self-interest is not too obvious: this is about learning not lobbying.

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  • Pro: Running up high-interest debt can still be preferable to having the electricity shut off, neglecting an important medical procedure, or not paying your rent, mortgage, or car payment.

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  • The IDS concludes that a multi-lateral Tobin Tax would be preferable but it could be effective if implemented unilaterally, at least if that were done in a large economy.

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  • Many poor people who live in or near forests may actually welcome the opportunity to farm on deforested land and bureaucrats in distant capitals may think that unsustainable and low-revenue-yielding forest operations are politically preferable to what they perceive as expensive alternatives.

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  • It has taken a while for the management to recognise that England's approach to one-day cricket is more tentative and shackled than most of their opponents, and while it is always possible to over-attack, it would be preferable to see them fail while trying to lift their game than to watch the batsmen prodding about and apparently frightened of failure.

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  • For us, it's still preferable to placing the buttons along the top edge-- especially on a bigger-screened device like the Eluga.

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  • Our scheme is preferable because: First, it is more cost-effective for participants.

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  • All of it is preferable to being one of those sad, non-playoff arenas or ballparks where 70% of your supposed fans dress up as empty seats.

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  • White should also recognize that the SEC faces the same talent pool issues as do all federal bureaucracies: Is it preferable to hire some Ivy Leaguer from a white-shoe law firm for three years or to reward and cultivate the hard work of an SEC employee seeking to make a career in regulation?

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