The phrase "a preference for doing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a liking or inclination towards a particular action or activity.
Example: "She has a preference for doing yoga in the morning rather than in the evening."
Alternatives: "a liking for doing" or "an inclination towards doing".
In the pantheon of New York mayors, Mr. Beame -- a small, meticulous man with a basset hound face and a preference for doing things on the phone -- was a genuine anti-type: The city's first Jewish mayor, he lacked the fire of Fiorello H. La Guardia, the savvy of Robert F. Wagner Jr., the glamour of John V. Lindsay, the showmanship of Edward I. Koch.
Next gen investors have shown a preference for "doing good while doing well" and "transparency of investments".
"A preference for doing things together instead of alone differentiates humans from one of our closely related primate cousins," the study's researcher, Daniel Haun, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, told PhysOrg.com.
This interpretative choice necessarily involved a policy preference for doing equity in specific cases over the value of providing clear guidelines for transactional lawyers structuring transactions for the corporations they advise.
When it comes to modes of payment, the local establishments always give more preference for doing business through a Letter of Credit.
Stating on the donor card that your preferred school is Duke expresses a preference for Duke, but does not make it exclusive.
The findings showed that cognitive style and learning outcomes were unrelated, for example, learners with a preference for visual materials do not necessarily perform better with visual learning materials.
Early results indicate that even though online shopping remains a preference for many, shoppers did still flock to the store.
For example, in one particularly illustrative 2010 experiment, babies who were shown plays that depicted either helpful puppets or mean puppets more often than not chose to play with the helpful puppet afterward, signaling a preference for those who do good.
Other motivating factors that were mentioned by several women included a preference for help that did not involve medication and having an alternative option to counselling.
