Sentence examples for has preferred to act from inspiring English sources
But she has preferred to act in harmony with the censors rather than in solidarity with a professional who simply defended freedom of the press, information transparency and the right of his readers to be informed about what journalists think.
Although he was still nominally the commander of military forces in the growing Plymouth Colony, he seems to have preferred to act in an advisory capacity.
The Iranian border is very close to Baghdad, and Iranian ground forces could swiftly get here, but the Iranians have always preferred to act through proxies and advisers in Iraq.
There is a lot of perfectly ventriloquised dissident teenage humour, and a deliciously throwaway surreal moment when Nora happens upon a man sacrificing a sheep in a forest: "Both the man and the sheep gazed at Nora with startled, unhappy expressions, as if she'd caught them in an act they would have preferred to remain private".
He said he would ideally have preferred to see an Arab intervention, but the Arab League had failed to act.
The Prime Minister made clear that he would have preferred to be informed in advance, but the Algerians said they had had to act "immediately".
Mr Cameron made clear that he would have preferred to have been informed in advance, but the Algerians said they had to act "immediately", the spokesman added.
Hughes is a former barrister, and has so far refused to take ministerial office, preferring to act as link-man between ministers and the party during the coalition.
As in Syria, the Obama administration has favoured a hands-off approach, preferring to act through proxies rather than engage directly.
