Example sentences of "preference for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , infants as young as 6 weeks of age consistently show preferences for familiar as compared to unfamiliar faces . |
| 2 | Honey bees , for example , show spontaneous preferences for certain colours and shapes of artificial flowers , with many-petalled purple flowers being the most attractive to the apian mind . |
| 3 | On the other hand , any artist who has been at the game long enough will have developed preferences for certain kinds of subject matter , for example Degas ' dancing girls , Céanne 's mountain , or Connard 's bathroom . |
| 4 | Although some social class differences in preferences for certain domestic activities were found middle-class women were more likely to dislike domestic service activities such as washing floors and dishes — the more fundamental sense of these as a feminine responsibility persisted . |
| 5 | Each language has what we might call general preferences for certain patterns of reference as well as specific preferences that are sensitive to text type . |
| 6 | Smith and Frawley 's ( 1983 ) study of the use of conjunction in different genres of English suggests that some genres are generally ‘ more conjunctive ’ than others and that each genre has its own preferences for certain types of conjunction . |
| 7 | An inventory of research in progress , identifying organisations and departments contributing to this research and their capacities and preferences for future research ; |
| 8 | It is hoped to determine their preferences for various alternative supply instruments and incentives such as prices , quotas , nitrogen taxes and land withdrawals . |
| 9 | Relative preferences for Labour and Conservative tended to be inversely related . |
| 10 | Patrick stripped off and changed quickly , trying to ignore Joseph Hyde 's too intense stare ; he had long suspected his friend 's preferences for young men — although to be perfectly fair , he had never seen him in any company other than those who supported the Irish movement . |
| 11 | If preferences for local public services change during the life-cycle , there are added strains for the Tiebout mechanism . |
| 12 | By analogy , the more nearly individual areas can match their populations ' preferences for social spending to their expenditure , the more efficient will be the overall outcome — and the less ‘ coerced ’ local people will feel ( Tiebout , 1956 ; Foster et al . , |
| 13 | Maximising present value ought , furthermore , at least in theory , to serve the interests of all shareholders , notwithstanding that some shareholders might have preferences for high dividend payouts rather than capital growth . |
| 14 | Of the study , Saillard says the most important results were those that showed users ' preferences for client-server architecture , dedicated application servers and interconnected networks . |
| 15 | There is now a serious possibility that this bastardised version of self-regulation will gradually crumble away , under the combined assault of Brussels , European preferences for statutory regulation and the sheer impossibility of resolving the underlying tension between practitioners and investors . |
| 16 | Thompson and West in a study of preferences for sheltered housing which included a sample of people of all ages who suffered from rheumatism and arthritis , found among these respondents ‘ a strong feeling of not wanting to impose on relatives ’ ( Thompson and West , 1984 , p. 318 ) , and the older respondents were even less willing than the younger to consider the option of being cared for by kin . |
| 17 | Preferences for large families , which entail childbearing over an extended period and at relatively frequent intervals , is another cultural trait that , when effectuated , burdens the woman , the family and the society with unwanted results . |
| 18 | This means that a surplus of 38 votes can only be transferred if there are 3,800 voting papers or fewer which have expressed on them subsequent preferences for continuing candidates . |
| 19 | How does disclosure of APR and total credit cost alter this relatively simple pattern of preferences for short repayment periods , stretched out longer when people have to bring the size of individual instalments down to meet budgeting exigencies ? |
| 20 | in the case of Dahl 's study of New Haven , the power of the mayor can only be assessed on the basis of his own particular preferences for urban development and how he managed to secure these preferences in the decision-making process . |
| 21 | A combination of interview and questionnaire studies and a content analysis of media coverage was employed , with the purpose of elucidating the reasons for people 's preferences for different energy options , their perceptions of the risks involved , and of the viability of alternative energy sources . |
| 22 | Second , it is unclear how female preferences for elaborate males have evolved , because current tests of competing models are often inconclusive . |
| 23 | Tiebout 's analysis was framed as a direct response to Samuelson 's ( 1954 ) conclusion that individuals would not reveal their preferences for public goods . |
| 24 | When there are diverse preferences for public goods , the number of local communities required to produce an equilibrium would be extremely large . |
| 25 | Like living pelagic animals they had preferences for particular water temperatures ; different types of ammonoids were found in high or low latitudes . |
| 26 | They also keep details on computer of their clients ' individual preferences for particular hire cars , hotels , airlines , aircraft seats and types of food , so that whenever possible their needs are met . |
| 27 | However , the appeal judges were critical of Justice Morling 's willingness to enter into an assessment of the quality of the epidemiological evidence tendered by both parties , and of his comments about his preferences for particular epidemiological evidence and witnesses . |
| 28 | These appeals to distinctive class values are not hit-and-miss affairs , but are based on careful research into class preferences for particular goods and services . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He says that it would be unfortunate if this perspective were used ‘ as a rationale for distributing resources , particularly when a contrary position stressing a preference for community-based professional support could just as easily be advanced ’ . |