Sentence examples for I rather preferred from inspiring English sources

I rather preferred the simple and ancient St Nicholas's day traditions of sweets in shoes, but seeing Constantin's eyes light up with excitement it was clear I had little choice but to go along with the modern imposter, and so I decided at least to make the occasion as memorable as possible.

I did not really want to play, but rather preferred to discuss, and read.

I don't like his methods of teaching and rather preferred to study on my own terms than be in his class.

She has always spurned the idea of wifehood - yet realises that's exactly what she finds herself in with Barry, with whom she's been for decades - and she has always rather preferred black lovers to white.

Learners hesitated to submit their answers as soon as the questions appeared but rather preferred to skip the question and continue viewing for a very short period by advancing to the next section.

From a careful observation of the state sequences it was obvious that the backward jumps occurred mainly due to 3 reasons: (a) Learners hesitated to submit their answers as soon as the questions appeared but rather preferred to skip the question and continue viewing for a very short period by advancing to the next section.

Sheldon stated that he did not want to create entirely new protagonists for the Christie games, but rather preferred to draw from sources in Christie's novels to piece together the games' protagonists.

She refused radiotherapy and palliative chemotherapy but rather preferred alternative treatment with oral high-dose vitamin C. Acute renal failure (ARF) was diagnosed (creatinine 166 versus 48 µmol/L 2 months before) and urinalysis revealed abundant calcium oxalate.

The first part of the survey investigated the motives of refugees from the former Yugoslavia who did not want to return home but rather preferred to remain in the receiving country which in this case was Germany [ 55].

Investigating less traditional financial organisations' investment strategies, Trester (1998) demonstrated that venture capitalists use equity (i.e. preferred equity) rather than debt to finance entrepreneurial projects because this contract eliminates the foreclose option which is known to be a source of opportunistic behaviours.

This was not a violation of protocol but rather the preferred approach, according to Travis T. Tygart, the chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency.