Sentence examples for preferred one of from inspiring English sources

Mind you, Peterborough United fans who admire spontaneity preferred one of the other songs that the visiting fans came up with on the spot back in 2008, when Gary McAllister was the Leeds manager and Peterborough local council chose match day as the perfect opportunity to stage a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of sexual health screening.

He came, in 2008, replete with honours, wanting to be coach and they preferred one of their own.

But Mayor Edward I. Koch preferred one of his deputy mayors, Robert F. Wagner Jr., for the post.

If you should ask him to explain — in intelligible detail — why he preferred one of the coin-standards to the other, his attempt to do it would be disgraceful.

Does that seem familiar at all? Did you feel your parents preferred one of your siblings to you? Did a teacher you longed to please choose to bestow her praise on a friend of yours, while at the same time ignoring you?

He was seen as one of the ANC's top strategists and Mandela is said to have wanted him to be next president, but powerful party members who had been in exile during white rule preferred one of their own – Thabo Mbeki.

Lines 8 and 15 in Fig. 5 indicate that if we stay on a point to prefer one of two equal variables, then we choose randomly.

The French would certainly prefer one of their own, but Armstrong clearly has their respect.

More conventional types might prefer one of the more standard suites, far left.

Or, if you prefer, one of those American banks where everyone is vice president of something or other.

In its bright little dining room, I would lean toward the pots of mussels and seafood dishes, but for takeout I prefer one of the hearty stews.