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Sentence count:232+6Posted:2016-07-19Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: druthersorientationpenchantpredilectiontasteSimilar words: referencedifferenceconferencemake a differencereferdifferentinterfereinherentMeaning: ['prefərəns]  n. 1. a strong liking 2. a predisposition in favor of something 3. the right or chance to choose 4. grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties). 
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91 When he provided nests on two tiers, hens showed a strong preference for the lower level.
92 A third of the delegates were not sure about their preference for a vice presidential nominee or declined to answer the question.
93 This preference could not of course be satisfied for all members of the troop at once since baboons groom in couples.
94 The net effect of superimposing habituation on imprinting would be to displace the preference away from the familiar.
95 The preference was for something resembling either a low-pitched voice or the sound of a voice echoing inside a cavern.
96 What is the main reason for local companies' preference for cooperation or partnership with those major companies in the pipeline development?
97 But by failing to register in time you will have lost the chance of being given preference in allocation.
98 Regardless of your preference you should try to establish a pattern.
99 Almost random; there seemed to be a preference for early morning.
100 She develops a typology according to the different parts of speech,(sentence dictionary) and her analyses reveal a marked preference for the verb metaphor.
101 Nor does it follow that this second meaning should be given pedagogic preference over the first.
102 Because of his professed preference for isolation, it would take considerable time before Ewan was missed by other personnel on the base.
103 The remaining 275 hereditary peers state no preference, though they would mostly vote Tory if pushed.
104 Does he withdraw his front foot, indicating his preference to give ground?
105 He plays both but his preference, and by a long way, is for gaelic football.
106 My effective vote could be my first preference vote, in which case all my other preferences are null and void.
107 That celebrated interlude is associated with the strong preference for peace of Sir Robert Walpole.
108 They suggest instead, however, that preference should be given to the development of small nuclear energy complexes.
109 My own preference has always been for the rough-coated variety since these can withstand weather and rough going very much better.
110 No preference was stated; recent personal knowledge was given as the criterion.
111 It is with no disrespect to her that I give him preference.
112 That is, a global preference for boy babies became overt and unapologetic.
113 Venture capitalists will usually want ordinary shares as well as loan capital or preference shares in return for their investment.
114 Views may differ as to whether the religious leaning of the school or parental preference should prevail.
115 Pope had determined his text from the various readings in the Quartos and Folios by an arbitrary application of personal preference.
116 Owing to its high alkaline requirement it should only be grown with those plants with the same preference.
117 In Britain there is a preference for a tactical step-by-step approach against a background of traditional consensus.
118 Therefore, everybody is descended from men who preferred fertile women, and every person inherits from those ancestors the same preference.
119 He spent some time expressing his preference, for tactical reasons, for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument.
120 These factors also influence the demand for one sort of drink in preference to another.
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