The phrase "would slightly prefer" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is most commonly used when expressing a preference for something, and it implies that the preference is only slight. For example, "I would slightly prefer tea over coffee."
Should the electors decide for Bush, as I would slightly prefer, his excruciating personality strikes me as a second, or third, order consideration.
Hallam's voters would slightly prefer a Labour-led government – even one that relied on support from other parties – to a Conservative-led one, by 48%to45%5%.
Her works were short, tight and beautifully constructed, hinting perhaps at the poet she would slightly have preferred to be.Dabblings on the dark side held a particular fascination.
bDefinitely prefer study drug over prior treatment = 1, Slightly prefer study drug = 2, No preference = 3, Slightly prefer prior treatment = 4, Definitely prefer prior treatment = 5.
Nasrallah is said to favour loosening Hezbollah's ties with Tehran slightly, preferring a "Lebanon first" approach that would put party's political programme above its military aims.
The speed issue is a killer and I would much prefer slightly old data instead of waiting 2-3 minutes for my blog to fully load in a browser.
I would prefer slightly more moderate titles that focus on sea-level rise being the driver rather than simply 'climate change'," Albert told the Guardian.
But a tenor performance has something of a tightrope act about it, the tension of will-he-make-it-or-won't-he, and one would prefer slightly less suspense from a conductor.
Or maybe readers would prefer a slightly less expansive position than Indispensable America.
In contrast, of those that completed the short survey, slightly fewer said they would prefer an Internet-based study (10/18, 56%), with more participants expressing a preference for postal (3/18, 17%) or face to face (2/18, 11%) data collection compared to those who completed the standard survey (5/390, 1.3% and 9/390, 2.3% respectively).
Still, Mr. Lance, a Hunterdon County Republican whose father helped draft the 1947 Constitution, said: "I would prefer to see slightly greater constitutional power in the branch of government in which I serve.
