Sentence examples for prefer setting from inspiring English sources

Other businesses, he said, might prefer setting up downtown.

Some quarterbacks even prefer setting their fingers on the seam of the ball instead of on the laces.

The voters think there are too many immigrants, but they reject the anti-legalisation hard line of the Republican congressional leadership; and they actually seem to prefer setting the illegals on the path to full citizenship (see table).That should give heart to President Bush and his allies on the issue, notably John McCain.

Marketing junk food influences both what food children ask their parents to buy and the brands they prefer – setting them up for a lifetime of unhealthy choices.

Chinese travellers snack little, prefer set dining times, and usually want to sit with the other members of their tour group.

I preferred setting fire to anthills and murdering hooded crows to schoolwork.

In the 1990's, as Congress moved twice to increase sanctions against Cuba, Mr. Cheney said, he would have preferred setting up a West Berlin-type enclave of democracy and free enterprise at the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Holmstrom is lethal, Brodeur said, but so are Ryan Smyth of Edmonton and Kris Versteeg of Florida, who prefers setting up higher in the slot, giving his redirections more space to travel — and thus, more space to deflect off something else.

Often these were their neighbors and family members, but also strangers who, feeling an affinity for their beleaguered brethren, preferred setting fire to railroad engine houses than going to work in them as scabs.

While the delivery of health education to patients within hospital was poor, hospitals are viewed by patients as an appropriate, and in some cases preferred setting for the screening of risk factors and delivery of health education.

I much prefer sets that will fit onto a shelf alongside other DVDs.