The phrase "a preference for individual" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks clarity.
It can be used in contexts discussing choices or inclinations towards individuals, but it needs to be more specific, such as "a preference for individual attention" or "a preference for individual rights."
Example: "In our organization, we have a preference for individual contributions over group projects."
Alternatives: "an inclination towards individuals" or "a liking for individuals."
With so many alliances among ideologically opposed groups, the results appear to reflect a preference for individual candidates, rather than what they stood for.
It implied a preference for individual conscience and personal decency over any ideology imposed by government or army; and it highlighted the degrading effects of power on those who wield it.
Several participants expressed a preference for individual level feedback.
Of the remainder, the majority expressed a preference for individual treatment and these were near equally allocated to group and individual treatment (Table 1).
11 12 Evidence suggests that group interventions may produce better weight loss outcomes than individual therapy; 10 13 14 even in patients who initially indicated a preference for individual care.
The qualitative study recruited women in the following trial sub group: Women who had agreed to participate in the clinical trial, expressed a preference for individual sessions, were randomised to group sessions and attended at least one session.
"We do give a preference for individuals who have been an intern at IBM," says Jim Spohrer, who is the director of IBM's global university programs in San Jose, California.
All Healthy Life Centre participants were eligible for the study, although there was a preference for individuals who had just begun attending an intervention programme.
Machismo norms and economic dependency mean that women accept that their partner exchanges sex for basic goods with tourists, who often have a preference for individuals with a 'black skin'.
A priori, it is not clear whether particular regions within the hippocampus should show a preference for coding individual episodic memories.
Judge Rakoff has routinely expressed a preference for charging individuals, and he said on Monday that was also the S.E.C.'s publicly stated preference.
