Example sentences of "prefer to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A biography of an artist is a tricky proposition for a writer , since the artist may prefer to be judged through art , not life ; the incidentals of an everyday activity , not altogether under the artist 's control , are rather unimportant compared to the artist 's concentrated effort to create paintings or sculpture . |
| 2 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 3 | ‘ I would prefer to be coaching British crews . |
| 4 | Many soldiers would prefer to be fighting a ‘ real ’ war against armed guerrillas in south Lebanon , but no more than 95 men , mostly reservists , have refused to serve beyond the pre-1967 green line . |
| 5 | Many soldiers would prefer to be fighting a ‘ real ’ war against armed guerrillas in south Lebanon , but no more than 95 men , mostly reservists , have refused to serve beyond the pre-1967 green line . |
| 6 | In that case , the electorate might well prefer to be Red and live to fight another day rather than be consigned to a nuclear crematorium . |
| 7 | Above all , though , the Bank should be harsher on bad economic policy — even when ( America , please note ) this annoys governments which the Bank 's rich-country shareholders would prefer to be friends with . |
| 8 | Mr Ashdown made clear that the Liberal Democrats would prefer to be ‘ locked together in a partnership ’ with a minority government . |
| 9 | I 'd prefer to be alone while I 'm finding my way about . |
| 10 | One-third of five- and six-year-olds in one study said they would prefer to be without their sibling altogether — hardly a vote of confidence in sibship . |
| 11 | They may prefer to be left alone and hate having to depend on others who are less capable than themselves . |
| 12 | Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them . |
| 13 | Some may prefer to be presented with a prescribed set of facts and skills , whilst others may learn best by being encouraged to discover things for themselves , often as solutions to problems . |
| 14 | We would all prefer to be in first , and becoming a fund-holder is a bit like a traveller being given the difference in the fare between the two classes . |
| 15 | Sam had a one-word vocabulary and yet he found no problem with making it perfectly clear whether he would prefer to be scratched under his chin , behind the ears , or on his tummy . |
| 16 | This was certainly true of his year as social security minister , where Major would prefer to be remembered for dispensing fivers to freezing pensioners in the form of severe-weather payments ( even though they received only one each for one week ) , than for helping to draft the 1988 Social Security Act . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd prefer to be villainous ? ’ |
| 18 | I 'd prefer to be on my own patch to handle this one . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I would prefer to be of help to you and Nader , ’ she explained , ‘ rather than wait around for news of Philippe that may never come . ’ |
| 20 | If you can imagine being on a steep , snow-covered slope , below which there is a 1000 m ( 3,500 ft ) sheer drop , would you prefer to be wearing a shiny nylon cagoule or a rough old woollen jumper ? |
| 21 | The great Latin literatures are implicitly social even when not explicitly that , and they seldom give credence to the view that a sane being in emotional health might reasonably prefer to be left to himself . |
| 22 | ‘ I tell you what , ’ Pink said , ‘ I 'd prefer to be on a building site than be a government scientist in this day and age . ’ |
| 23 | Today 's teaching force probably contains a rather higher proportion of workers who would prefer to be employed elsewhere than was the case 30 or 40 years ago . |
| 24 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 25 | She missed her friends but she did n't envy them — though she thought Albert Sandwich probably did : he was the sort of boy who would prefer to be taught in a proper school . |
| 26 | She is holiday in Gers , a very exclusive part of France , but would much prefer to be going to Tobago . |
| 27 | Would you prefer to be a mechanic ? |
| 28 | Thus belief in the credibility of punishment is sustained by the expectation that each firm will prefer to be the punisher than the punished . |
| 29 | During the next fortnight , she divided her attentions equally between him and Dunbar , but , she whispered to Harry one evening in the back of the Bentley , she would much prefer to be with him and she was being nice to Pogo only because she did n't want to hurt his feelings . |
| 30 | They occupy a major part of my time — time I would prefer to be spending on actually trying to improve the services we offer . |