Which preposition to use with efficient

in Occurrences 43%

The men, it was easy to see, were much more efficient in movement than the officers in handling them.

as Occurrences 21%

Many of their tools are not as efficient as ours, especially their axes, hoes, and hammers.

than Occurrences 19%

Even ministers resorted to political tracts to sustain their power, or to undermine that of their opponents; and these were more efficient than speeches in the House of Commons.

for Occurrences 16%

Elisha Kent Kane among his icebergs must stand manifestly efficient for his "princely purpose," his eye and brow magnificent with beauty.

of Occurrences 8%

But the King was not then prepared to part with the most efficient of his ministers because they happened to be ecclesiastics, and the custom continued for nearly two centuries longer.

at Occurrences 5%

It often proves efficient at night in calming the sleeplessness which results from mental labor.

with Occurrences 3%

I represented that I could make it efficient with a good First Assistant; and the other Assistants were kept.

against Occurrences 2%

When England, at last, adopted the side of the Netherlands, and caught glimpses of the fact that the struggle of the latter against Spain was her cause no less than the cause of the Dutch, the parsimony and indecision of Elizabeth, and the hesitating counsels of her favorite minister, Burleigh, prevented the English-Dutch alliance from being efficient against the common enemy.

by Occurrences 2%

After disbanding rebellious soldiers, he sought to make his army more efficient by changing the dress of the entire army.

through Occurrences 2%

Reference is easy to the story written by one of the representatives of France, possibly the most efficient through having been in America a long time and having fuller and more intimate knowledge of the American representatives, particularly Colonel House.

beyond Occurrences 1%

It is that at every sort of occupation, clerking, shop-keeping, railway work, automobile driving, agricultural work, police work, they have been found efficient beyond precedent and intelligent beyond precedent.

illustrationsfrom Occurrences 1%

This arrangement of the subject is exceedingly well executed by Mr. Gordon, who has added a series of efficient illustrationsfrom a diagram simplifying the high-pressure modification of the steam-engine as applied to steam-carriages, to the last completed Steam Drag and Carriage attached; while the most material points of Mr. Gordon's views are fortified by a condensation of the evidence before the select committee of the House of Commons.

Which preposition to use with  efficient