They were received without hostility; the inhabitants preferred to avoid a fight.

Some inhabitants prefer to think of the title as referring to a city (grote stad).

However, the inhabitants of the settlement still prefer to use the old name.

The United States is so big that even in the twentieth century the inhabitants prefer to explore their own continent.

However, inhabitants preferred the old name of Skowhegan, as it would be renamed in 1836.

Its inhabitants generally prefer to live in trees rather than in artificial structures.

These are the parts of the city's history that its present inhabitants prefer to remember.

There is a small hospital, although some inhabitants prefer to visit the hospitals in Praslin and Victoria.

The inhabitants would have preferred to remain as independent municipalities.

In return, he takes over the planet and ends up being left alone as the inhabitants prefer dying due to a virus than his tyranny.