Example sentences of "should have preferred " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added : ‘ Of course , in an ideal world we should have preferred to have passports for all British nationals in Hong Kong . ’ |
| 2 | In 1945 I worked hard at my Higher School Certificate subjects of English , French , and history — the Tudors and Stuarts , of course — and tried to decide whether I should have preferred to be Thomas Wolsey or Thomas More . |
| 3 | In a reply to Clark 's letter , he says ‘ The allegations of Dr Clark compel me to place on record facts that I should have preferred to remain private . |
| 4 | Why these important barons , in the face of ecclesiastical censure , and as an alternative to the important political alliance with the king of Scotland , should have preferred Harold 's daughter is a mystery . |
| 5 | To me ‘ positive'/ ‘ negative ’ seemed too sharp a distinction , for which I should have preferred the category ‘ included'/ ‘ excluded ’ . |
| 6 | Although I should have preferred there to be no reduction , the fact that the priorities within the Northern Ireland block are law , order and security inevitably means that there are consequences which fall to other matters , and housing is one . |
| 7 | I should have preferred that to be put in a more positive light than the hon. Member for Fife , Central was able to do . |
| 8 | I should have preferred not to have to raise this matter in an Adjournment debate . |