Sentence examples for prefer lesser from inspiring English sources

He says he would prefer lesser surroundings in someplace like Astoria, Queens, but the company has a long-term lease — negotiated, Mr. Karmazin is careful to note, before his tenure as C.E.O.

Mr Smith argued that America's Great Recession (or, as some prefer, Lesser Depression) was qualitatively similar to the Great Depression but qualitatively different from all the other downturns the country experienced since the beginning of the 20th century.

US Soccer could yet impose a sanction that affects league play, but the league itself will prefer the lesser evil of inheriting rather than adjudicating any such decision.

3. Wintle's Wonders (later renamed Dancing Shoes) by Noel Streatfeild I could easily have chosen Streatfeild's classic Ballet Shoes, but I prefer the lesser known Wintle's Wonders.

It cannot be true, then, that it is not contrary to reason for an agent to prefer his lesser good to his greater, as Hume claimed.

Israel will be satisfied that Hamas' military capability and infrastructure is destroyed or seriously degraded while leaving Hamas' governing structure basically intact, as Netanyahu prefers the lesser of two evils -- a weakened Hamas rather than the rise of a Jihadist authority in Gaza.

Or, at least, for people who generally prefer a Democratic lesser evil to a Republican greater one?

He acknowledged that, when it is completed, Blue Gene will run roughly 650 times faster than his cluster but since he would likely be able to pay for access to only a small fraction of Blue Gene's power, Mr. Sejnowski would prefer to use lesser computers he could run 24 hours a day.

I much preferred the lesser-known pubs in Donegal.

Unlike those contemporaries, who focused mainly on celebrities, Mr. Newton often preferred strapping, lesser-known models.

Many racers enjoy the classic "Breaking Away" (1979), but Christophe Jammet, who founded and organizes the city's only cyclocross race, said he preferred the lesser-known racing film "American Flyers" (1985).