Example sentences of "they prefer not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wolves and dogs can interbreed , though in an ideal natural state they prefer not to . |
| 2 | Toads are poisonous , too , but like the cobra they prefer not to use their poison except as a last resort , although for a different reason — their poison glands only secrete their lethal dose when the toad is bitten hard by an attacker , and for the toad this is leaving matters far too late , with serious injury a strong possibility . |
| 3 | They prefer not to intermingle . |
| 4 | Table 22 of Appendix 1 shows that when people have recently bought a major item for cash rather than credit , half did so either because they never use credit or because they prefer not to if they can avoid it . |
| 5 | Someone who tells me an apparently irrelevant fact may well want me to deduce a hidden inference in it , a proposition they prefer not to make explicit . |
| 6 | They prefer not to break the beast 's spirit with harsh treatment . |
| 7 | The state can encourage , foster or guide , but not force producers or consumers to do what they prefer not to do . |
| 8 | Sometimes , however , they prefer not to appear to be opposed , claiming to be generally sympathetic to the proposal , differing only on the appropriate time to bring it forward . |
| 9 | Even though they may live and sleep above ground for months at a time , they prefer not to be out of distance of some sort of refuge that will serve for a hole . |
| 10 | Their Lordships endorse this statement of the manner in which the court should exercise its exceptional jurisdiction to halt criminal proceedings and , except in one respect , they prefer not to offer for their own account any further exploration of the prior authorities . |