Example sentences of "we would prefer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blaming it on the Company would be just a fallback — you would n't believe me if I said I was n't drinking of that but you might believe me if I say we 'd prefer the good old British way : that nothing happened and there 's no blame at all . |
| 2 | But quite frankly we 'd prefer it if you put up a bit of a fight as we 're a right sadistic bunch . |
| 3 | Well w we said we 'd prefer to be upstairs |
| 4 | To confront the anger of God is to find some deeper reality about ourselves and our world that we would prefer to forget . |
| 5 | Andrew Holden , joint secretary of the Northern Examining Association , said : ‘ We will be looking at the position and seeing whether we think it is worthwhile to offer a similar scheme or whether we would prefer to cut the general level of fees so that we are competing on even terms . ’ |
| 6 | Much has been written about the need for multi-disciplinary approaches but we would prefer to support those who view their research problems without constraints on scientific discipline . |
| 7 | Only later will they come to learn the shades of grey in which we are both what we would like and what we would prefer not to be . |
| 8 | We would prefer you not to , just at present . ’ |
| 9 | then we would prefer ( x 1 , … , x n ) to ( y 1 , … , y n ) . |
| 10 | We understand that we do not satisfy stringent criteria laid down by the Charity Commission for formal registration , and in the event we would prefer to avoid the substantial cost of registration and the administrative burden that would accompany it . |
| 11 | First , we would prefer to leave people as free from regulation as possible in their choice of credit arrangements , as a matter of general principle . |
| 12 | But any form of ‘ editing ’ the file card in this way must introduce some small risk of giving an impression that is slightly awry , and we would prefer the UAPT practice of invariably giving the ‘ black ’ information entirely unabridged , although recognising the savings in time and therefore the cost that the CD procedure must allow . |
| 13 | On the whole , we would prefer the CD policy , of same-name information only from a given address , to be followed generally , and recommend this . |
| 14 | And one from Scotland represents the philanthropists ' view : ‘ We would prefer to depart in plain , ‘ off the rack ’ , coffins and so allow the savings to be devoted to charity . |
| 15 | ‘ We would prefer to have a year 's grace to try some of these experiments ’ — DON RUTHERFORD ( RFU technical director ) on the proposed new law changes . |
| 16 | Equally , though , we would prefer to think that the Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations 's experience will inspire other Davids of the tobacco control world to stone the lumbering Goliath of the tobacco industry with ever increasing legal and tactical accuracy . |
| 17 | You can perform relaxation exercises lying down but we would prefer if you try initially sitting in a comfortable armchair . |
| 18 | Perhaps such oversights have more to do with the fact that we would prefer to forget . |
| 19 | IF YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE PAYING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AT LEAST A FURTHER YEAR FROM APRIL 1989 , WE WOULD PREFER TO COLLECT THEM BY DIRECT DEBIT , MONTHLY . |
| 20 | We would prefer an explicit presumption in favour of disclosure , with the onus on the provider to prove , to the satisfaction of the competent body we propose , that certain information is genuinely commercially sensitive . |
| 21 | As an association we would prefer that no new stadium should be erected but that Hearts should remain at Tynecastle . |
| 22 | As an association we would prefer that no new stadium should be erected but that Hearts should remain at Tynecastle . |
| 23 | On the whole , we would prefer to dispose of blocks of married quarters to housing associations rather than to local authorities . |
| 24 | We would prefer , of course , a direct link from the towns and cities of the north straight through to the channel tunnel , but that can not be achieved . |
| 25 | Er we would find it difficult to justify public concern about a specific location er in advance of a decision erm the principle so we would prefer er a step by step approach er which reflects the special circumstances er of Greater York , and I think Greater York is a special circumstance if only because of the number of authorities erm er thus far involved . |
| 26 | One wag , and I believe it was a junior officer of No 84 Squadron , said I wonder , please , we would prefer something from you . " |
| 27 | If one took the distance as only one kilometre and we regard that as absolutely insufficient for a village of the character of Flaxton , we would prefer one and a half miles or two point four kilometres as the minimum . |
| 28 | Having said that er we would prefer a quota system for er Stansted because without it , we could have a large number of noisey flights into Stansted and , and also that er in terms of er both this and further consultations we would expect to see full information providing us from er , a to enable us to make a sensible conclusion . |
| 29 | We would prefer either of the alternative solutions to the checkerboard compromise . |
| 30 | ‘ Yet we would prefer to meet those teams than our rivals in the final run-in . |