Sentence examples for preferred that this from inspiring English sources

"I would have very much preferred that this process would lead to a negotiated solution," he said.

"I think Andre would have preferred that this school wasn't named after him," said Julie Rossetti, who is overseeing the project for Agassi's foundation.

"Let the record reflect that I said this with a smile," he said, not quite smiling, "but would I have preferred that this film be about my coverage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil-rights movement?

Although he has said his new government will end the "chaos of arms" in the PA areas, he has long preferred that this be done by consent rather than coercion.

We would have preferred that this didn't happen.

We would have much preferred that this administration, and its predecessors for that matter, would have afforded greater generosity to all groups fleeing political persecution, civil war and extreme violence instead of closing off avenues for Cubans.

She said she preferred that approach.

Something tells me I'm still going to prefer that paradigm, but this is an interesting way to unite first- and second-screen experiences nonetheless.

The Academy prefers that candidates use this method if possible, but allows only U.S. candidates to use it.

"He'd prefer that things not be this way," said Bay Buchanan, his sister and chief strategist as campaign manager.

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