Sentence examples for far preferred to from inspiring English sources

While Mr. Obama has said Mr. Burris should not be seated, many of his former colleagues on the caucus have so far preferred to remain silent.

So let me point out a few figures who are not, because they haven't shown much in New York yet, or are hard to categorize, or have thus far preferred to stay underground.

But even so, the music industry might be the worse for having aired in court a question to which it has so far preferred to avoid obtaining a clear yes-or-no verdict.

Though CMBS loan delinquency rates continue to rise, debt-holders have so far preferred to restructure faltering loans rather than foreclose or auction off the assets.

It's not just that workers in Whole Foods' 84 stores have so far preferred to remain nonunionized, adding to the competitive pressure on the mainline grocery chains.

Knox confirms this view, noting that neither Blanche Dugdale's memoirs nor Frances Balfour's autobiography write much about their relationship with Eustace, and that Frances wrote at length about his brother Arthur who she "far preferred to Eustace".

Still, Mr. Novros said he would far prefer to have the painting restored and "respected".

Theatre/opera: I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as Guys and Dolls.

He is like a wrecking ball in possession and I far prefer to play alongside him than against him".

Unlike Al Qaeda, they are a nationalist movement with national objectives, and while they will fight to the last man, they would far prefer to rule.

They have given little reason for hope, so far preferring to shoot up brothels and loot rather than protect the displaced in Goma.