Sentence examples for preferred to devote from inspiring English sources

Upon ascending the throne at the age of 15, the Tianqi emperor preferred to devote his time to carpentry rather than to statecraft.

In those days, New Yorker artists preferred to devote May covers to traditional rites of spring — maypoles, ladies trying on hats, men refurbishing their yachts, and swells waving from cruise ships.

Otherwise he has preferred to devote himself almost entirely to his work, travelling out into the countryside in a 4x4 driven by an aide, armed with canvas, paints, brushes, lights and cameras.

In those days, New Yorker artists preferred to devote May covers to traditional rites of spring maypoles, ladies trying on hats, men refurbishing their yachts, and swells waving from cruise ships.

Instead, some managers preferred to devote more attention to development.

Directors, too, would prefer to devote their scrutiny on the operation of the company and might not want to challenge the chief executive over pay.

It was characteristic of him that he should prefer to devote his few weeks of leisure to an effort to help a struggling institution to find its feet.

The only long snapper on the club now is Kevin Maewe, who has told coaches he prefers to devote full time to playing center.

So I'd prefer to devote the limited time I have available to an open access journal that provides its work at no cost to researchers who urgently require its contents to improve their environment.

He married late, in his mid-40s, preferring to devote his energies to his writing, though he also worked as a civil servant for many decades, retiring in 1972 from a position in the ministry of culture.

But Commodus abandoned Marcus' scheme for new trans-Danubian provinces, preferring to devote himself to sensual pleasures and especially to the excitements of the arena in Rome, where he posed as Hercules Romanus and forced the Senate to recognize his godhead officially.