(1) the advantages preponderate over this apparent disadvantage(2) the advantages preponderate over this apparent disadvantage(3) Surprisingly, the designer tries to do too much with the set, though, to be sure, a play in which mime and simulation preponderate leaves little room for a designer.(4) But on the whole, only two generations, two u2018classes,u2019 preponderate - the ripe and the ailing.(5) In Racine the poetry preponderates , with the drama a close second.(6) In Tosches's swanky new Tribeca pad, wood preponderates , wood of differing darkness and grains.(7) Even though their career aspirations were less focussed, the economic imperative of escaping from unemployment, rural communities and lowly prospects in the labour market preponderated .(8) In 1845 a Russian investigator disguised as a Kazakh visited Tarbagatai in Xinjiang and confirmed that British goods preponderated there among imported manufactures.(9) In business, a single objective preponderates : making money.