His commanders preferred a more limited offensive, but on December 16 Hitler unleashed Operation Autumn Mist.

But commanders now prefer to throw a cordon around Baghdad, allowing civilians to leave if they want, but keeping fighters and government supporters bottled up.

Since armies abandoned the static warfare of forts and trenches, commanders have preferred to take the initiative rather than dig in.

The commander knew their abilities and would no doubt prefer to choose people whose qualities and quirks were familiar.

My commanders preferred the long debriefings.

There were almost endless variations-some commanders preferred a long thin column of ships, claiming it was easier tocontrol them.

But military commanders prefer uniformed linguists because they cannot refuse combat missions and are subjected to more thorough security checks.

"The commander would prefer Gyraet," Lorn says, looking at Cheryk.

This is rarely done in practice, however; at many Coast Guard stations, commanders prefer to have all service-issued weapons in armories.

Generally, the commander did not prefer to be disturbed in the middle of the night, but one look at the major was enough to send the staff sergeant scampering.