Sentence examples for It preferred from inspiring English sources

When the Iraqi regime wished to eliminate its opponents, Mr. Paz continued, "it preferred to use its own, more reliable, state security agents".

It preferred the old Middle Eastern order.

It preferred entrants with skills of imagination, articulacy and team work.

It preferred instead to "pick off" individual tracks and arrive at bilateral agreements.

It preferred a statement by Ian Botham, a former cricketer: "Britain should strike out on her own, says Beefy".

It preferred to adhere to a policy of permitting advertisements that "express views on a wide range of public matters".

It preferred the UN security council, a curious choice given that it has almost never passed a resolution that benefits Palestinians.

It preferred Al Gore by 12 percentage points in the last election, and its shrunken Republican Congressional delegation will be under severe pressures in 2002.

It preferred to interact with a metal atom from a special angle[42, 43].

It preferred solitude (hence the name "solitaire").

It preferred the revised Book of Common Prayer of 1559, which was without some of the matters offensive to Catholics.