Sentence examples for a preference for consensus from inspiring English sources
Another primary preference is the avoidance of disorder and a preference for consensus.
(Hansson 1992, 1996c) Consider for instance a preference for consensus in a voting procedure with three participants and simple majority rule.
Unless member states choose to embrace majority voting rules and abandon a preference for consensus decision-making, can anything more be expected from Brussels than continued gridlock and watered down policies?
The Kaine selection hints at particular choices: an atmosphere of pious responsibility, a preference for the consensus over the loud individual.
FoxM1 binds to DNA with a preference for a consensus 5'-A-T/C-AAA-T/C-AA-3' recognition sequence [ 40] and there are two potential FoxM1 binding sites on the PTTG1 promoter.
Paradoxically, in a country pledged to introduce industrial technology and capitalism, and which has been held up by the United States as an example for others, several of the people who were detained are accused of being "Westernized" because they took adversarial positions in defiance of an Asian preference for consensus.
A manager's strong preference for consensus building made for overly long meetings that tried her team's patience.
This is no surprise; we all know that individuals striving for consensus find it easier to reach an agreement than individuals who have no preference for consensus.
At first Elizabeth, with her characteristic preference for consensus rather than confrontation, had favoured Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.
On the face of it, it looks as though the nation has preserved much of what made it different: it has, for instance, held on to its preference for consensus and gradual change, to the dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party and to a business culture that shelters jobs.
