Sentence examples for prefer secured from inspiring English sources

Though the ruthlessly efficient Baker preserved — or, if you prefer, secured — Bush's victory in Florida during the contentious 2000 presidential election, he has always been condemned by the right as a moderate.

I can tell that I prefer securing my father's health to doing the laundry, and I know which I would choose if it came to a choice.

But all of these second-generation vigilante organizations withhold their video footage until the relevant court cases are closed, saying they prefer securing convictions to hogging the limelight.

Duncan would prefer to secure a merger or joint venture partnership with BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm.

In its blend of the reasonable, like language and representation rights, and the more far-fetched, like the release of Mr. Ocalan, the Kurdish demands exemplify the tensions within the movement between those who want change through the ballot box and those who prefer to secure it by more violent means.

Online video is still mostly sold through direct channels, as publishers prefer to secure the high CPM rates that they can command for such premium, in-demand inventory.

We prefer to secure pulmonary great vessels before pulmonary resection to avoid massive bleeding from lung parenchyma; thus, we first dissected pulmonary vessels in the pericardium using a median incision.

In these cases a bone clamp can be used to reduce the fracture but, based on our experience, we prefer to secure the fracture reduction using a circumferential wire as the fracture tend to dislocate when the clamp is removed after nailing.

Many people prefer to secure their Yorkie's topknot with a bow.

While not always necessary, some prefer to secure a chimney cap to a metal pipe using pressure screws.

Some sewers prefer to secure the thread to the cloth with a few stitches before beginning to sew on the button.