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31. He usually preferred to train up a crew of enthusiastic young sailors from scratch.

32. I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics.

33. I would have preferred a bed, but beggars can't be choosers so I slept on the sofa.

34. You may well need to look outside your preferred area to find affordable accommodation.

35. They preferred not to partake in the social life of the town.

36. He preferred to make his money from honest work rather than from gambling.

37. You've been waiting long enough. Both long and a long time can be used in questions, but long is usually preferred:Have you been waiting long?

38. Her letter was an uncomfortable reminder of responsibilities I preferred to forget about.

39. Of those polled, seven out of ten said they preferred brown bread.

40. His parents designed him for the army, but he preferred the navy.

41. She had had many proposals but preferred to remain single.

42. The new version is worse in every respect - I much preferred the original.

43. They much preferred country life to life in the city.

44. An A-level pass in Biology is preferred for all courses.

45. The currency has lost so much of its value that barter has become the preferred way of doing business.

46. She knew he fancied her, but preferred to keep their relationship platonic.

47. He preferred to read the documents in the privacy of his study.

48. I would have preferred a house of my own rather than sharing, but beggars can't be choosers, I suppose.

49. She preferred to maintain a cool formality in her dealings with her manager.

50. My father preferred to eat meat and hated rabbit food .

51. Of those polled, nine out of ten said they preferred the new product.

52. I should have preferred him to do it in a different way.

53. The election may not be the traditional two-horse race between the preferred Democrat and Republican party candidates. Sentencedict.com

54. The latter understanding Is preferred in this commentary.

55. Paquita and I had always liked each other, but I knew she would have preferred me to be more conventional.

56. London has traditionally preferred a free-wheeling culture with minimal bossing by government, big banks or regulators.

57. Acheson said that the joint chiefs of staff preferred the latter course of action.

58. Nobody pushed little boys to play sports if they preferred to cook instead; nobody mocked little girls who collected spiders.

59. Is there evidence of actual collaboration among the elite in the formulation of preferred public policy?

60. However, the two species described earlier are far superior and preferred for the home aquarium.