1.  Although electronic mail is now the preferred means of communications for many people, the telephone is still an indispensable tool.

2.  He would be world famous if he had opted for oil painting rather than watercolor as his preferred means of expression.

3.  May replace the period as the preferred means to end a sentence.

4.  They remind the boys of budgetary limits, varied interests and preferred means of travel, then let them do the research and make suggestions.

5.  They want to retain Sinhala dominance in a strong centralized state, and their preferred means for keeping things as they are is more war.

6.  Today, e-mail may be a preferred means of expression, but small vases of pansy bouquets can lift the spirits.

7.  And they agree that diplomacy is the preferred means of resolving the crisis.

8.  More recently, radar guns have been the preferred means of measurement.

9.  The ministers agreed to the adoption of electronic communications as the preferred means of doing business.