noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
in order of importance/priority/preference etc
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The country’s main exports were, in order of importance, coffee, sugar, and soya beans.
personal taste/preference
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What you plant in your garden is ultimately a matter of personal preference.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clear
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Put more accurately, individual judges may be clear as to their preferences but those preferences do not always coincide.
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The recent well publicised survey of public opinion showed a clear preference for treatment in centres of excellence.
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Despite the limitations of the survey it did suggest some clear habitat preferences and population trends.
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Despite the clear overall preference for first-cousins, the data were highly variable.
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So, all told, roughly three-quarters or more of recent cash buyers had a clear preference for cash.
convertible
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It is widely expected that bondholders will then be asked to convert some of their holdings into a new convertible preference share.
different
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The two texts simply address different readerships and in so doing reflect different textual preferences .
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In addition each shows a different preference for quantitative forecasts, compared with more qualitative outlooks.
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The above examples illustrate that different preferences exist across languages for certain general patterns of reference.
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How are we to understand their different feeding preferences ?
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As the programmes developed, some teams began to include a range of options to meet different needs and preferences .
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As with coupons, there are different preferences among investors regarding term to maturity.
female
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Experimental studies on birds and fish have shown that male ornaments can be favoured by female mating preferences .
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Why must we explain these female preferences only in terms of the effects on their sons and daughters?
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If the best choose the brightest, female preference and male trait will evolve together.
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So the female preference for Clinton was 5 percentage points higher than the male preference.
individual
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There are four plans available to cater for individual preferences .
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Across occupations, pension ages vary arbitrarily and do not show any systematic relationship to individual skills or preferences .
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How else is the individual to discover individual tastes and preferences ?
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This partnership can take a variety of forms, depending on particular circumstances and individual preferences .
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We did not want to impose this restriction here but wanted to let the data reveal individual preferences .
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Ask every resident what they would like and try to satisfy individual preferences .
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The use made of a library depended on the individual planner's preference .
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The choice seems to depend very much on the individual preferences of the supervisor.
parental
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However, the 1980 Act requires parental preference to be granted unless one of the exceptions applies.
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Views may differ as to whether the religious leaning of the school or parental preference should prevail.
personal
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It fit his personal preference to use humor at work and to have warm, informal relationships with his people.
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What criteria would I apply, you ask? Personal preference , of course.
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Most of us arrange our bedrooms based purely on personal preference .
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My recommendations are no more than guide-lines based on my own judgment and personal preference .
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And if evil is said not to exist, only personal preferences are left to decide moral behavior.
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Both are effective and it's really a matter of personal preference which you choose.
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Using whole chicken or bones is a matter of personal preference .
political
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But they like to keep their political preferences to themselves.
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On some questions, however, ideas must be accommodated to the political preferences of the particular audience.
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Our analyses of voters' information levels and their changing political preferences confirm and even strengthen that finding.
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Over the following year Mirror readers as well as Guardian and Telegraph readers proved relatively stable in their political preferences .
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The lower orders eventually expressed their political preferences rather differently.
racial
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The continuing, and heated, judicial debate on racial preference indicates that the ultimate outcome of this controversy remains in doubt.
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Jackson called on them to keep up the fight to retain racial and gender preferences in federal hiring.
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It would ban racial and gender preferences in all state government hiring, contracting and education programs.
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Earlier, he opposed Prop. 209, which would ban racial and gender preferences in state programs.
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The two made it clear they oppose any program based on racial preference , calling them exclusionary.
strong
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Managers in excellent companies have a strong preference for doing things rather than analysing situations.
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In these peculiar circumstances, Bowman felt a strong preference for using it.
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When he provided nests on two tiers, hens showed a strong preference for the lower level.
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By and large, any given chemical shows a strong preference for one particular shape of crystal.
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The raccoon has a strong preference for aquatic feeding.
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That means anyone with a strong preference for aisle or window needs to be first in some line.
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That celebrated interlude is associated with the strong preference for peace of Sir Robert Walpole.
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Nearly every study uses more than one method, though there is often a strong preference for either survey-style research or participant observation.
■ NOUN
consumer
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Market research showed considerable differences in consumer preferences in various countries.
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An unfavorable change in consumer preferences will cause demand to decrease, shifting the curve to the left.
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It is marketing and money that fuel the lager bandwagon, not consumer preference .
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The Limited tracks consumer preferences daily using point-of-sale computers.
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He doubts whether the consumer preferences reported by market research teams can be translated into products with sufficient accuracy.
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Coupons generated electronically at the cash register are popular across the country, because they mirror consumer preferences .
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Companies that use refund coupons are now developing a huge data base of information on consumer preferences , Wright says.
food
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Next, in easy stages, you will need to reshape some of your food preferences .
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People's eating habits and food preferences are learned; they are habits that become ingrained over a period of years.
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We may also have a heightened sense of smell before periods, exaggerating any food preferences .
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The child shows developmentally inappropriate feeding behaviour and food preferences .
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What slim people are actually like in terms of food intake Food preferences are obviously a very individual matter.
gender
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Jackson called on them to keep up the fight to retain racial and gender preferences in federal hiring.
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It would ban racial and gender preferences in all state government hiring, contracting and education programs.
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Earlier, he opposed Prop. 209, which would ban racial and gender preferences in state programs.
liquidity
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The liquidity preference curve will tend to be less elastic.
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A rising yield curve can be explained by liquidity preference theory.
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Are shoppers somehow at fault if they have no concept of liquidity preference ?
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This is simply the result of a downward sloping liquidity preference curve.
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The phenomenon of liquidity preference can find no place in a model that admits of only one asset, fiat money.
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The more elastic the liquidity preference curve, the more idle balances will fall.
share
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The issue of perpetual preference shares is being offered by underwriters led by Lehman Brothers.
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The offer also values each Lloyds preference share at 255. 5 pence.
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Preference shares , particularly redeemable preference shares, are sometimes considered to be more akin to loan stock than share capital.
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Equity Capital is available in amounts from £100,000 and normally consists of a mix of preference share capital and ordinary equity.
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The dividends are usually paid in priority to dividends on all other shares except for preference shares.
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Should the parent undertaking's consolidated balance sheet show a minority interest in respect of the preference shares ?
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Ordinary or preference shares may be issued.
shareholder
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Subordinated loan stock will rank behind all unsecured creditors but ahead of preference shareholders and ordinary shareholders.
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If the parent company has provided the preference shareholders with a guarantee, it may be possible to recognise a minority interest.
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Normally, however, ordinary shareholders expect lower yields than preference shareholders and loan stock holders because of their participation rights.
vote
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My effective vote could be my first preference vote, in which case all my other preferences are null and void.
■ VERB
based
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Store managers have a wide discretion to select what clothing, shoes and accessories their stores sell, based on local preferences .
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Most of us arrange our bedrooms based purely on personal preference .
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That an atheist regime was likely to take scant notice of advice based on religious preference is self-evident.
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The two made it clear they oppose any program based on racial preference , calling them exclusionary.
choose
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The victims of a burglary are often puzzled as to why the thief chose their home in preference to others.
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Choice of bile acid - Ursodeoxycholic acid was chosen in preference to chenodeoxycholic acid because it is virtually free from side effects.
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In the drawing used here the effortless decision has been chosen in preference to the one that required a little more effort.
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Mr Campbell is thought to have been chosen in preference to Charlotte Hudson, the chief reporter on Watchdog.
express
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He spent some time expressing his preference , for tactical reasons, for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument.
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Newspapers can and do express partisan preferences .
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That restriction prevented voters who value experience from expressing their preferences when voting, she said.
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In neither case is there any need to invite the driver to express his preference for giving blood or urine.
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I rarely spoke to express preferences , preferring to use body language.
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Be prepared to express your preference to your attendants.
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Depending on the form of government, the voters express their preferences with regard to public decisions.
give
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Nor does it follow that this second meaning should be given pedagogic preference over the first.
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Last year the court narrowed the scope of affirmative action programs that give minorities preference in such matters as employment and education.
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It is with no disrespect to her that I give him preference .
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I have capriciously given my second preference to a candidate of the Communist Party.
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Flaggers will direct traffic, giving preference to northbound traffic in the morning and southbound in the evening.
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For example, there have already been reports of hospitals giving preference to patients of fundholding general practitioners.
indicate
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In this way they may indicate a preference as to which particular difficulty will be addressed first.
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Does he withdraw his front foot, indicating his preference to give ground?
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Applicants must not attempt to indicate a preference for any particular institution.
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In the first round voters had to indicate their preference for an individual candidate and for a party list.
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Voters indicated a single preference and had to spell out the name of their chosen candidate, rather than mark a box.
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Both would thereby indicate a preference for the Conservative Party but their attitudes would not be the same.
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To some extent, this may indicate a lessening preference for the institutions of marriage.
reflect
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Their daily routines are starting to reflect their preferences and abilities and to include a level of personal responsibility.
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Decisions about the development of a local community should reflect local preferences and meet local needs.
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To a degree, cravings also reflect cultural preferences .
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In recent times the market reflected strong regional preferences .
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In practice, the choice was made on subjective grounds, reflecting the institutional preferences of military planners.
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That it is important to use local knowledge and reflect local preferences . 3.
show
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Peter Brabeck, Nestle chief executive, has shown a preference for pet food over people food.
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By and large, any given chemical shows a strong preference for one particular shape of crystal.
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It is blatant, undisguised opportunism by management, showing preference for what can be done, rather than what should be done.
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There was another way in which the Reading Teacher showed her preference .
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Subjects given simple pre-exposure to the target flavour showed no such preference .
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However, companies generally show a preference for equity finance if it is possible.
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Among the 3,813 papers showing a second preference for Craig, just which would be the 1,476 passed on to him?
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Similarly, infants as young as 6 weeks of age consistently show preferences for familiar as compared to unfamiliar faces.
state
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The voter is required to state his preferences , and to state them once for all, before any votes are counted.
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Moreover, in stating a preference , she chooses her career.
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For some ticket prices there will be a choice of two areas in the auditorium - please state your preference when booking.
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Now, Del, do you want to clear, wash, or nap? State your preference .
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The leader should always conduct the meeting impartially and avoid stating his preferences and objections.
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The boy had stated a preference , that was all.
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The remaining 275 hereditary peers state no preference , though they would mostly vote Tory if pushed.
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Thus there can be a world of difference between a preference that is stated and a preference that is effective.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a matter of (personal) taste/choice/preference
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If you think torturing babies is good, that is a matter of taste.
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In the United States, food is a matter of taste, time and price.
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Quite what that means is a matter of taste, because a breed does not exist until it has been named.
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Switching to the Normal channel I would say that using the crunch option for rock solo work is a matter of taste.
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The amount of the increase or decrease is a matter of preference.
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The first is a matter of taste.
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The size of the pleat is a matter of choice.
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This is a matter of choice.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Adams expressed her preference for New York, despite the fact that she's lived in California for six years.
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Oil or vinegar may be added for a more bland or sharp sauce, according to your preference .
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There are definite regional preferences amongst our clients.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because of its preference for lower temperatures, this is an ideal plant for the garden pool.
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Coupons generated electronically at the cash register are popular across the country, because they mirror consumer preferences.
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Most of us arrange our bedrooms based purely on personal preference .
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Our personal preference is to cook pork, particularly the loin cuts, so that it is slightly pink and remains moist.
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The context of these remarks was his preference for allowing arbitrators to make final decisions on questions of construction.
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This extremely flexible system allows the hotel to tailor service preferences for each guest.
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When he provided nests on two tiers, hens showed a strong preference for the lower level.
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When they're old enough for a preference , he's the preference.