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• Preference is given to the largest group.
• The proximate analysis is preferred .
• In this age of computers the attraction is toward a two-based system.
• Mechanical seals are increasingly favoured by industry.
• The approach favoured by our group is a much more empirical one.
• To decide between two theories, ...
• The spark was preferred to the arc.
• Polarization helps us to understand why some molecules are favoured over their ionic counterparts.