Sentence examples for preferred to settle from inspiring English sources
Initially the banks preferred to settle out of court, and hoped that few others would bother to take legal action.
He told Bloomberg that he would have preferred to settle the matter at trial, but that he wanted to leave Germany "with passably positive impressions".
The Andy Griffith Show's Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith), for example, was known on the show as "the sheriff without a gun," and he preferred to settle disputes with homespun good sense rather than brute force.
Of those still in the pool of plaintiffs, several who sat for a recent interview in their lawyer's office said that they would have preferred to settle, but that they had gotten no satisfaction from the compensation fund, administered by Kenneth R. Feinberg, a lawyer in Washington.
Mr. Ladenis, one of the city's more tempestuous personalities, preferred to settle into a relaxed, casual mode at Chez Nico (now cheznico), and he continues in that vein with Incognico, his new restaurant in the West End, just a few steps from the Ivy.
A Guardian editorial on 22 June described the Republican process (compared to that of the Democrats) as 'a field for power politics rather than for ideologies; they have preferred to settle their differences by discreet compromises.' Thomas E Dewey was eventually selected as the Republican nominee, losing unexpectedly to the incumbent Harry S Truman in November 1948.
"In the circumstances an employer may find the situation too embarrassing and prefer to settle".
It is also clear that companies generally prefer to settle out of court rather than risk an adverse judgment.
The prosecutions are unusual because the Amish do not believe in revenge and prefer to settle disputes internally.
Their rivalry moved to the top of the leader board, a place Karrie Webb and Annika Sorenstam prefer to settle matters.
The Yankees have had several informal discussions with Close and would prefer to settle with Jeter and avoid another confrontation.
