Sentence examples for preferred him as from inspiring English sources

(I preferred him as an essayist, particularly in his last collection, "Forewords and Afterwords").

It was well known that Mandela preferred him as his heir, but the ANC wanted its crown prince and Tambo's protégé instead.

The 22‑year‑old was given his key role by Guardiola and the manager, from an early stage, preferred him as the nominally defensive midfielder.

An opinion poll after the summit suggested Mr Rudd's honeymoon has a long way to run: 71% of voters preferred him as prime minister, compared with 10% for Brendan Nelson, the opposition leader.Mr Nelson's party had banished grand gestures from Australia's political agenda.

Yaya has played in so many positions but I preferred him as a deep-lying midfielder because he could do things there that others were not capable of.

Ruth's new teammates considered him brash, and would have preferred him, as a rookie, to remain quiet and inconspicuous.

Boris is no St Augustine either, but I think I would prefer him as prime minister.

An ICM poll for the Sunday Telegraph gave David Miliband an early, but sizeable, lead with 32% of respondents preferring him as leader.

"I personally prefer him as a box-to-box player, because he has the engine, he has the power, he has the long pass.

Mr Rudd has consistently proved more popular with Australians: the poll showed 53% would prefer him as Labor leader, almost double the number for Ms Gillard.Many voters remained uneasy about Mr Rudd's defenestration as leader two years ago.

That was followed by opinion polls suggesting his ratings were dropping; one respected survey showed only 51% of respondents now prefer him as president, compared with 62% last December.