in preference to something

And of one man who had walked away in preference for another woman.

Choose him in preference to her own work once again?

Events had given him a second trail, in preference to the first.

He was always more likely to work with pencil and paper, even in preference to a computer.

Workers who take up bad jobs do so in preference to unemployment.

So it cannot push us toward one wall in preference to another.

A man's death in preference to a slave's life was now his goal.

Eventually, some of us evolved in our preferences as well.

He decided not to finish this program in preference for beginning a career as a track and field coach.

What was the advantage of having the crime discovered that night in preference to the following morning?