Sentence examples for preferred to set from inspiring English sources

Dr. Runge said today that he preferred to set his own agenda.

Instead of living in a boardinghouse, they preferred to set up tents on the beach.

She also said in the interview that she preferred to set the limit at a single level for all Americans rather than varying it by income.

He also said he preferred to set targets, rather than quotas, saying, "I'd rather people did it through their own good sense".

Rather than set ambitious public goals, they said the country preferred to set expectations low and work at a higher level behind the scenes.

Were your middle and high school students drawn into productive discussion, or pushed to consider things they would have preferred to set aside for now?

During the home visits, we found that two women were using their personal scales, which they preferred to setting up a new scale, and one woman reported her weight in kg rather than pounds.

I prefer to set the stone free," the jeweler said.

Some state officials say they would prefer to set registration standards themselves.

Many health professionals, not least consultants, are fiercely individualistic, preferring to set their own priorities.

But officials writing the regulations left those details out, preferring to set the precise rules at each new lease sale.