The phrase "a preference based on" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the reasons or criteria that influence someone's choice or liking for something.
Example: "Her choice of vacation destination is a preference based on her love for warm weather and beaches."
Alternatives: "a choice influenced by" or "a liking determined by".
Republicans in Congress have refused to ratify the Kyoto accord on carbon-dioxide emissions, thereby signalling, in the view of many environmentalists, a preference (based on narrow commercial reasons) for the imminent destruction of the world.
This further demonstrates that Chinese preference for boys is not a pure preference for boys but a preference based on the fact that they have both boys and girls (Table 2).
Executing an exhaustive automated search over combinations of language and culture specific keywords, we find a preference based on performance and simplicity for pairs of keywords tailored to a specific country.
We found a significant decrease in mutation load in populations in which females exhibited a preference based on male age.
Finally, our model suggests that if absolute mutation load is low across all age classes, females will not evolve a preference based on male age.
"Federal law provides that it is unlawful to publish any statement with respect to the sale of a dwelling unit that indicates any preference based on familial status," he said, adding that familial status is defined as one or more individuals under age 18 who live with a parent or other legal guardian.
Fair housing advocates and others assert that the advertisements violate the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which prohibits discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and bans the production or publication of an advertisement that "indicates any preference" based on race.
Mice that did not obtain a place preference based on these criteria were removed from the study.
In other words, females can show a strong preference based on male age-specific gamete mutation load even if they have no way of actually measuring gamete mutation load.
The examination starts with the determination of a directional preference, based on the definition proposed in the MDT classification method (step 1 in Figure 2) [ 26].
If a different problem were to be tackled in another project, the actors might change their stance and exhibit a different preference based on the different demands of their tasks within that project.
