Sentence examples for preferred to pick a from inspiring English sources

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Discarded at the World Cup by the coach Marc Lièvremont, who preferred to pick a scrum-half in his place, Trinh-Duc was at his most enigmatic following Saint-André's decision to recall him to the starting line-up.

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This line of reasoning also suggests the advantage to females of their apparently homosexual behaviour: it is a way of screening out the advances of small, weedy males who would probably make poor fathers for their grubs.What it does not do, however, is explain why some males apparently prefer to pick a fight with a male who is already mating than to court an unmated female.

Some people prefer to pick a shape based on their general face shape, rather than attempting to measure for a mathematical ideal.

Often, he preferred to pick from a litter of friends, people he trusted who wouldn't try to undermine him or hurry his slow decision-making.

Instead, they preferred to pick them up using a mouth-hand combination or the mouth alone.

Various sushi combos also worked well, though we preferred to pick and choose our favorites among a sizable list of à la carte possibilities, settling on unagi (eel), toro (fatty tuna) and hirame (fluke).

Amos Miers, 35, a spokesman for the group, said members preferred to pick their own spots to assemble and march.

Avon has been looking for a successor to Ms. Jung, who is 53, since December, but preferred to pick its own chief executive rather than have one come from the ranks of Coty's management.

The Lady Vanishes is one of the least analysed pictures in the Hitchcock canon; critics have always preferred to pick over the railway-bookstand Freudianism of his American films.

"They preferred to pick out names from girlfriends or wives or mothers.

Many prefer to pick up a companion through WeChat, a smartphone app that shows you who is nearby, along with their profile picture.

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