English example sentences with "prefer"

Learn how to use prefer in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

I prefer to look for a solution to problems, not only to report them.

Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.

I would prefer to speak to you in private.

I prefer a hotel by the airport.

I prefer being poor to being rich.

I prefer silver rings to gold ones.

I prefer staying home to going fishing.

As a rule, I prefer a comedy to a tragedy.

As a rule, I prefer people who deal with matters of this kind directly with those involved.

Some people like the sea; others prefer the mountains.

I prefer apples to all the other fruits.

I prefer going out to staying at home.

I prefer cakes or candies to alcohol, but I do drink.

I don't like the new textbook for my English class; I prefer the original.

In general, consumers prefer quantity to quality.

In general, people in America tend to prefer bigger cars.

I prefer traveling by train to flying.

I prefer coffee to tea.

Which do you prefer, apples or bananas?

I would prefer an honorable death.

I haven't decided yet, but I prefer flying to going by train.

I prefer tea to coffee.

Me, I prefer coffee to tea.

I prefer going on foot to going by bus.

I prefer the former plan to the latter.

May I ask which you prefer?

I prefer cigarettes smoked on the porch.

More often than not, students prefer club activities to academic classes.

Instead, they prefer to stay in and watch television.

I prefer going for a walk to seeing the movie.

Of soccer and rugby, I prefer the latter.

Which do you prefer, rice or bread?

Of these two opinions, I prefer the latter to the former.

I prefer coke to coffee.

Some people like coffee and others prefer tea.

It may not appeal to some, but I prefer to remain a salaried man; I don't have to worry so much about making both ends meet.

Which do you prefer, tea or coffee?

I prefer apples to oranges.

I prefer French films to American ones.

Which brand do you prefer?

Some like tea, others prefer coffee.

Nowadays more and more people prefer country life to city life.

Our children like dogs, but I prefer cats.

For my part I prefer to stay at home.

As for me, I prefer beer to whisky.

As for me, I prefer coffee to tea.

As for me, I prefer fish to meat.

I prefer grapefruits to oranges.

I prefer hardwood floors to carpet.

I prefer that dress to this one.

I think I prefer this room as it was, before we decorated it.

I prefer walking to cycling.

I prefer John's car to his employers one.

I prefer swimming to skiing.

I prefer working hard to just sitting idle.

I prefer reading books to watching television.

I prefer rice to bread.

I prefer you to come.

I prefer modern furniture.

I prefer working to doing nothing.

For my part I prefer to stay at home and read a novel.

I prefer going out to staying home.

I prefer English cars to foreign ones.

I prefer to buy domestic rather than foreign products.

I prefer mutton to beef.

I prefer meat to fish any day.

I'd prefer meat to fish.

I prefer cats to dogs.

I prefer to travel in my car.

I prefer walking to riding.

I prefer spring to autumn.

I prefer walking to being carried in a vehicle.

I prefer to be looked upon as a teacher.

I would prefer any alternative to a lawsuit.

I prefer history to geography.

I prefer living in the country to living in the city.

I prefer walking to driving in a big city like Tokyo.

I prefer relaxing to working.

I prefer fish to meat.

I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.

I prefer red wine to white.

I prefer the updated version of his cookbook.

I prefer comedy to tragedy.

I prefer to travel by air.

I prefer reading to writing.

I prefer payment in full to payment in part.

I prefer soccer to baseball.

I prefer tennis to baseball.

I prefer quality to quantity.

I prefer to work on my own.

I prefer to do it on my own.

Some young Japanese people prefer being single to being married.

I prefer spring to fall.

Which do you prefer, spring or autumn?

There is no doubt that people prefer peace to war.

Westerners, in general, prefer to avoid such topics unless the other person brings them up.

Many support the former alternative, but I prefer the latter.

The number of people who prefer to marry late is gradually rising.

I'd prefer a brown one.

Out of the two designs, I prefer the former to the latter.

Japanese seem to prefer picking a marriage partner as much like themselves as possible, finding a job that provides security and slow but steady advancement, and putting money in the bank.

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