they had preferred
-avaient préféré
Past perfect they conjugation of prefer.
In practice, the authorities of her country had so far granted all the requests they had received for the extradition of foreign citizens, but they had preferred to try Romanian citizens before the national courts.
En pratique, les autorités ont jusqu'à présent répondu à toutes les demandes d'extradition d'étrangers qu'elles ont reçues, mais elles ont toujours préféré faire passer les citoyens roumains en jugement devant les tribunaux nationaux.
Unable to become the masters of international capitalism, they had preferred to maintain themselves as its best servants.
Incapables de devenir les maîtres du capitalisme international, ils avaient préféré se maintenir comme ses meilleurs serviteurs.
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