Examples of using Preferring instead in English and their translations into Russian
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He declined to do so, preferring instead to obtain a judgement that he could appeal.
Indeed, most Russians fear changes andan unpredictable future, preferring instead"stability.
Many of them did not fight, however, preferring instead to remain in the camp and protect the women and children of the boyars who had joined them in this campaign out of the fear of possible Tatar attacks in Wallachia.
However, the regime left its entreaties unanswered, preferring instead to ramp up its repression.
In every action and word, Israel, the occupying Power,is proving its total rejection of peace, preferring instead to persist with its illegal settlement activities and annexation schemes, imposition of blockade, use of force, arrest and detention of civilians, and countless other measures of collective punishment and repression against the Palestinian civilian population under its 47-year military occupation.
Thus far, however, developed countries have evinced notable reluctance to follow them, preferring instead to dispense small amounts of bilateral aid.
Ethiopia did not respond immediately to this aggression launched against its territory,as it could have done, preferring instead to exercise patience in the hope that reason would prevail in Asmara and that the armed contingents would withdraw from Ethiopian territory peacefully, following which the dispute could be settled in a civilized manner, either through bilateral negotiation or through the involvement of a third party.
However, Member States were unwilling to admit that they acted on the basis of those interests, preferring instead to refer to principles of equity or progressivity.
As an international mechanism of the kind envisaged by the General Assembly in its declaration of 19 September 2012 on the rule of law at the national and international levels(A/67/L.1), which States had undertaken to use for the investigation of violations of international humanitarian law, the Commission would welcome comments from all those concerned on why they had not yet made use of the services it offered,apparently preferring instead to appoint ad hoc bodies.
Feodora also cared little for her studies, preferring instead to discuss frivolous subjects like fashion.
When contacted by the United Nations,the Government indicated that it lacked the capacity to try Rear Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto, preferring instead to return him to the Gambia.
Use cases typically avoid technical jargon, preferring instead the language of the end-user or domain expert.
Even though Edward campaigned in Scotland both in 1300, when he successfully besieged Caerlaverock Castle andin 1301, the Scots refused to engage in open battle again, preferring instead to raid the English countryside in smaller groups.
For this reason, Fazioli has always been opposed to signing exclusivity contracts with artists, preferring instead to establish reciprocal partnerships for the sake of upholding artistic standards, which should always take precedence over commercial considerations.
At the present meeting, however, the delegation had expressed its refusal to introduce quotas orinterfere with political parties, preferring instead to raise general awareness of the issue.
At Oslo, we decided not to establish a formal institution orstructural mechanism for the Ottawa treaty, preferring instead to rely on the good offices of the depositary, the United Nations Secretary-General, and the annual Conferences of States Parties to perform any necessary functions.
I am concerned, however,that the parties still appear reluctant to tackle resolutely difficult issues in the institutions provided for in the Agreement, preferring instead to resort to informal discussions.
He refused to take up another teaching position, preferring instead to concentrate on training his Aikido style.
China disregarded the iron ore price reduction agreement reached between Australian Rio Tinto and steel companies in Japan and the Republic of Korea,taking no notice of the long-term contract concluded, and preferring instead to deal on the spot market.
The first Hollanders to set foot on this shoreline had neither the initial desire northe intention to subjugate the native inhabitants, preferring instead to focus on establishing a refreshment station for ships carrying goods from the Orient to Europe's busy ports via the Cape of Good Hope.
With respect to due diligence carried out by export credit agencies(ECAs), it was noted that every case is handled individually, andthat ECAs are unlikely to turn a project down on human rights grounds, preferring instead to engage and seek improvements.
FEA also questioned the principle of bringing the form of RID/ADR/ADN into alignment with that of the UN Model Regulations, preferring instead that Chapter 3.4 should spell out exactly which provisions were applicable.
For the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, the concept of object hyperlinking, which connects offline objects(hardcopy documents) with online objects(UN documents in ODS),is crucial in its strategy to reduce the amount of paper used in printing official parliamentary documents and reports, preferring instead to make publications easily accessible and available electronically.
The Committee further notes that the State party has not placed anyemphasis on this issue, or made any particular objection in this regard, preferring instead to leave it up to the Committee to determine whether all available domestic remedies have been exhausted.
Although the authorities did not approve of the practice, which they considered more of a public health problem,they had not taken strong measures to combat it preferring, instead, to rely on women educating one another.
They have usually come from countries in which the police have a very poor image, andare extremely unlikely to trust the Belgian police, preferring instead to put their fate in the hands of those who coerced and intimidated them into such a destructive lifestyle.
Back then in July, less than four months ago,some were still sceptical about recognizing the looming turmoil in financial markets as a crisis, preferring instead to use the anodyne terms"instability" and"uncertainty.
The Chairman of that Committee noted that, given the nature ofthe subject-matter it considered, delegations did not always participate actively in the discussion early on, preferring instead to make their statements after following the course of the debate.
Anthropologists in particular have become resistant to the idea of talking in terms of“Russian” or“Spanish” culture, oreven“eastern” and“western” cultures, preferring instead to think along the lines of cultural tendencies that are socially constructed 113-115.
The lord of Milan preferred instead to appeal to Sforza for an agreement.