Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] preference for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether individual civil servants have party preferences is not the crucial issue , as Tony Benn observes : ‘ The issue is not their personal political views nor their preferences for particular government . |
| 2 | But a factory job was out because she could not stand the noise , and her preference for a more intellectual activity ‘ is rather pitiful in view of the girl 's lack of general education and the nature of her former illness ’ . |
| 3 | As for our upper class , in 1728 Defoe lamented our aristocracy 's ‘ voluntary and affected stupidity and ignorance ’ , and their preference for leaving politics to other people , so that the government fell into the hands of ‘ knaves , politicians , mercenaries and screwed-up engines ’ . |
| 4 | The Willses ' modesty about their own achievements has amounted to selfdisparagement , and their preference for understatement has made some of them seem uncommunicative , especially at large gatherings , and has masked their underlying good humour and quiet sense of fun . |
| 5 | Milner ( 1975 ) has summarised and contributed to the long history of research which demonstrates black children 's denial of their colour ( Clark and Clark , 1947 ) , and their preference for white identity ( Goodman , 1964 ) . |
| 6 | the subordinates — ie. their individual and collective personalities , and their preference for a style of leadership ; |
| 7 | Despite Buckley 's reluctance to play up the siege of Derry as a key myth and his preference for general categories of interpretation derived from various historical experiences , it does seem that the siege has particular significance . |
| 8 | There had been no hesitation of course with regard to the captain who , despite rumours and only rumours about his taste for low company — which she supposed any military man might possess — was a Goldsborough of Frizingley with nothing really known against him but his preference for living in a tavern . |