Sentence examples for preferred to break from inspiring English sources

"Some efficient plays; would have preferred to break one of them".

He preferred to break into homes while people were present, said Robert Farr, the chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Maine is a bit touchy about its deerslaying & prefers to break the record each year.

Wiser wives would prefer to break these glad tidings on a postcard from Ayers Rock.

Having mellowed by 2002, he said he would prefer to break his own leg than see Mr. Le Pen père elected.

The plan was in part taken off the table because the coalition decided to slow the pace of deficit reduction, preferring to break its own fiscal rules rather than go ahead with the welfare cuts.

Maybe that's why we live now in a culture in which many of us would prefer to break clean from what we perceive as the racist logic of previous eras — specifically the idea that the purity and value of whiteness can be tainted by even "one drop" of black blood.

Rather, Lt Sarah says, they prefer to break a mission down into its component parts, focusing on each in turn, trying to perform them all correctly day after day.

Cross Research's Shannon Cross speculates that some investors may prefer to break Kodak up and spin off its most valuable businesses, rather than chancing such a long shot, late entry into a tough market.

"Some girls want to go straight to the bedroom," he says, adding that he prefers to break the ice over a drink.

Warburg (1956) noted that cancer cells prefer to break down glucose through glycolysis, even in the presence of sufficiently high concentrations of oxygen to support oxidative phosphorylation.