Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.
Sir Francis Bacon
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In general, SARS is seen as a preferred creditor.
Adrian Lackay
Random House would have preferred not to have this lawsuit and spend money defending the book and Dan Brown, but they've certainly not been hurt by it.
Sara Nelson
I preferred that they played. Because we beat them with their full team and the playoff seeding committee can look at that.
Rhonda Jefferson
When this report is issued and the debate then begins ... the National Association of Home Builders is going to do its damnedest to protect the preferred treatment of housing in the tax code.
Jerry Howard
That jumping back and forth, between its preferred place and where we are really forcing it to be, turns out to make this noise.
Robert Celotta
If, after they've gone to the cinema and they've seen it, [audience members] think 'I much preferred Pierce Brosnan, or anyone else for that matter,' it could be the kiss of death, ... It could be the case.
Graham Rye
We would have preferred a smoother, more effective ability to access the information that Sprint possessed. Time is critical in an investigation where you've had an abduction of a child.
Tom Freeman
I really felt all along we should have been involved, and was taken aback that we were not. I think they were looking to avoid the council. I would have much preferred to be involved in the process than to look like a naysayer now.
Carol Schwartz
Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.
Jackie Kennedy
This is the interesting part of this - the marketplace will decide what is preferred format.
Adam Rothberg
I would have preferred barrier five so now he will probably have to go back because he can be tardy at the start.
Bart Cummings
Our preferred course here is to re-engage with Europe and find a negotiable solution.
Jay Ziegler
In the early days of the DCC I preferred to let the proponents do their thing and then see how it all worked out in the end. Now we are pretty close to the end.
Mark Shuttleworth
Everything was perfect because it was a win, he scored from open play, which I think he would have preferred to have done, and it couldn't be a more perfect day for Alan Shearer, the rest of the players and the fans.
Glenn Roeder
She may well also like a bit of cut in the ground. Her sire Medicean preferred it on the fast side, although he did win the Lockinge on soft.
Chris Richardson
Under these conditions a rollover seems to be the preferred option.
Adrian Lajous
I found myself alone, so I preferred to attack. Ultimately I wasted a lot of energy and paid dearly for it in the end.
Paolo Bettini
There is a preferred person, but the board is not ready to announce that one yet.
Mike Troup
The national preferred lender designation enables us to further strengthen our relationships with small business owners. As our small business customers grow and expand into new markets, we'll be able to respond to their financing needs more quickly and efficiently.
Jeff Payne
International courts are not a preferred option, but limited to cases where national justice is not available. In this case there seems sufficient reason to think that a national court can handle the matter.
Adam Roberts
Delta's surcharge was clearly discriminatory against travelers who preferred using travel agents and those who do not have Internet access.
Joe Galloway
The third map shows the preferred development plan on the layers we just saw.
Daniel Stone
I preferred sewing to bossing little children.
Mother Jones
The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred.
George Bancroft
With injuries and things, I had to step up and help bring the ball up the floor more than normal. It's not preferred, but whatever helps the team, I'm definitely willing to do.
John Emerson
It's not without basis to say that the Court of Appeals is the preferred place for Microsoft, ... But normally on fact finding, appeals judges give great deference to a lower court.
Robert Litan
The low turnover apparently reflected cautiousness on the part of investors who preferred to stick to their stock holdings at this juncture.
Nabil Daaboub
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Doug Larson
The light box is the preferred treatment. Not any light will do; certain studies show that a specific intensity is needed.
Dr. Radu Saveanu
There are some substantial investments being made for new technologies for coal. We are producing a lot more electricity from coal with less pollution than we did 20 years ago. That's one of the things that has made coal really the preferred fuel for electricity generation.
Chris Jenkins
The field turf product in the Dome is only a month old, and what makes it different is that it's the closest thing to natural grass that you can get in an artificial surface. And it's the preferred surface of the NFL.
Pat Campbell
Their comparative lightness translates into greater fuel efficiency, a gain brought home by the ongoing spike in gasoline prices. As alternatives to the internal combustion engine get closer to commercialisation, lightweight materials will continue to be preferred over metals.
Michael Valenti
Those who have tried to put their own preferred leaders in Afghanistan paid a very high price for that blunder.
Abdul Sattar
We were surprised that the company was not in a position to comment on a dividend policy or pay a final dividend. We would have preferred a policy statement even if it was conservative in nature.
James Lindsay
It was not bad. I have always preferred the cold.
Steven Bell
From an earnings perspective, we do not believe the market is overpriced, and to that end our preferred asset class remains equities.
Mpho Mojalefa
They told me that 'We are a little bit sad' because we preferred to see them both winners on the same podium, on the first step, because they formed an agreement during the last kilometers.
Marco Selle
Other people build sketches after taking too many sleeping pills, but I never preferred that method, since I would keep dropping my pencil.
Graham Chapman
We don't get preferred housing, I wish that we did.
Josh Beekman
At a very early age I began to thump on the piano alone, and it was not long before I was able to pick out a few tunes. I also learned the names of the notes in both clefs, but I preferred not be hampered by notes.
James Weldon Johnson
We are committed to providing multiple distribution options that are both preferred by our customers and offer attractive economics to Delta.
Lee Macenczak
We are signatories to ILO conventions, and we don't think we have done anything in contravention of the agreements. We will answer the complaint point by point. This is not the proper way to address the problem, and we would have preferred to have face-to-face discussions.
Peter Hayes
The assumptions are key. We are not ready to discuss or ask the task force to pick a preferred alternative. It's going to take us a bit longer to get there.
Laurel Prevetti
The circulating fluidized bed technology is the preferred technique because it is environmentally oriented.
Jeff Chaffee
If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes.
George Muller
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society.
James F. Cooper
They are the difference between (local) care and going for a lengthy drive, ... The challenge is how you maintain this to be the preferred health care provider for people in this area.
Richard Burr
They were scared of Italian law and they preferred to leave because something was confiscated, only from them and not from the others, and they were worried it may have been illegal.
Markus Gandler
If they can do acquisitions that are well priced, that would be a preferred use of the capital.
Suneet Kamath
Of course we would have preferred to have an Israeli presence there to have real-time information, but this is the compromise that was reached.
Moshe Katsav
The Victorian Opposition continues to lose ground to the ALP, down 1.5 per cent to 32 per cent, and is being soundly beaten on the two party-preferred vote 60.5 per cent to 39.5 per cent.
Gary Morgan
There is no way the British Library would be able to afford some of the sums that have been mentioned so donation would be a preferred route.
Christopher Wright
Our teams have played on dozens of fields and the all-rubber surface is by far preferred by our coaches and players, anyway. The fact that all-rubber is also safer is an added bonus.
Andy Talley
I would have preferred to have finished and have a half hour extra in bed in the morning. I played very well, very solid tee to green and was quite good on the greens as well.
Miguel Angel Jimenez
There were transportation systems in place to take people out of New Orleans, which was the preferred solution.
Kristen Meyer
There are certainly plenty of opportunities to put $500 million worth of capital in the hedge fund space. I think by and large Yale is looked upon as a preferred investor, and therefore I think a lot of managers would be open to having discussions with them.
Justin Dew
There were probably a handful of those that I preferred we didn't take, but that's going to happen.
Rich Gradoville
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Sir Winston Churchill
We were able to see individual differences in brain activation depending on the person's preferences or aversions to risk and ambiguity. People who preferred ambiguity had increased activation in the (lateral) prefrontal cortex, and people who preferred risk had increased activation in the (posterior) parietal cortex.
Scott Huettel
The building fits in well and is very attractive. I think it's going to be the preferred design for the future where the office and parking are in one structure.
Jeff Trinin
There is not just one preferred source at one time during the day.
Neil Budde
I'll tell you I would have preferred having a francophone in that post. It would have been preferable.
Neil Leblanc
If there's a preferred bidder and they haven't spoken to us as the major tenant, we're very surprised.
Andrew Demetriou
I think anyone who sat through this game for three-and-a-half hours figured it would end in that kind of way. To Matt?s credit, he hit the ball hard. I would have preferred it on the ground, but if you keep it down things like that happen sometimes.
Charlie Hickey
The mouth of the Miami River would have been a preferred place to be if you were a prehistoric hunter and gatherer.
John Ricisak
I suspect (Doyle's campaign) might have preferred to see a primary take place.
David Wegge
Europe is our preferred region.
Jack Malvey
It's preferred that, if in fact there are additional statements made to authorities [about a alleged crime which happened off campus], that it would be done through personal contact.
Tiffany Anderson
Certainly Jana was extremely disappointed for the England girls and would have preferred to have won the gold medal fair and square.
Chris Rawlinson
Preferentially, as long as blood flows normal, the preferred fuel would be fatty acid. On the other hand, if you have decreased blood flow, the heart cleverly switches metabolism from fatty acid to sugar or glucose.
Dr. Vasken Dilsizian
We would have preferred to have won easily. We did what we had to do to get the job done.
Peter Diepenbrock
I would have preferred to keep both brands. But in the way (that) it developed, I am very satisfied.
Ferdinand Piech
You can imagine rich countries lining up to get preferred quantities.
Brook Baker
Obviously we would have preferred the escape not to have occurred.
Alberto R. Gonzales
Obviously, we would have preferred that it wouldn't have been taken to this stage.
Chris Roberts
Phil was asked if he preferred grass to Astroturf. He replied that he had never smoked Astroturf.
Phil Tufnell
I would have preferred to have finished this afternoon and have half an hour extra in bed in the morning, that is the best half an hour always.
Miguel Angel Jimenez
The preferred stock downgrade reflects our expectation that Kansas City Southern will not make the preferred dividend payments due in mid-May 2006 because of bond indenture covenant restrictions.
Lisa Jenkins
But carbohydrates are the body's preferred source of energy. And as a source of carbohydrates, potatoes are a good and nutritious food.
Denise Beatty
I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.
Richard Roxburgh
State funds are drying up. We preferred more time to educate taxpayers, but it all happened so quickly.
Barry Miller
While Milosevic was in power all ethnic Albanians preferred having the west on their side.
Mark Almond
I would have preferred that the panel decision stand, but I am happy to argue before the en banc court.
Eric Grant
They've been switching between the cars, and Robert preferred the one he's going to drive and Matt preferred the one he's getting.
Enrico Diano
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