Sentence examples for a special preference from inspiring English sources

Females tend to stay further away from human activities, whereas males did not have a special preference.

The repercussions of a shift in an object's design and meaning explain in part why the Lombardy group shows a special preference for architects, who, after all, are in the business of creating environments.

The species is largely frugivorous, eating seeds, nuts, and fruit from multiple genera, including Bombax, Ficus, Macaranga, and Raphia, with a special preference for the fruit of the oil palm (Elaies guineensis).

Believing a knowledge of Chinese literature to be essential to Chinese painting, Lu also assiduously studied Chinese classics and poetry, with a special preference for the works of the Tang poet Du Fu.

On another tack, a couple of competitors submitted clues that referred obliquely to J. B. S. Haldane and his statement that 'The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.' I confess that I didn't know this quotation but even if I had known it I think I would have judged the reference to be a little too specialized for fairness.

The brilliant artist and writer on art Gérard de Lairesse (1640 1711), who met Rembrandt as a young man and was portrayed by him in 1665, confessed in 1707: "I do not want to deny that once I had a special preference for his manner; but at that time I had hardly begun to understand the infallible rules of art".

Barrister Tobiloba turned out well today because she has a very supportive family which treated her without any special preference among her siblings.

Independence for the St . Louiscenter means that it--not Monsanto or its other sponsors--will receive its own patents and any income from licensing deals that it would award without any special preference to its founders.

Therefore, this band should not have any special preference for communication, too, unless cells were able to modulate their thermal emission.

Just because you can't find a scholarship that gives special preference to men doesn't mean you can't find a scholarship.

They present dizzying demands for what appears to him to be special preference at a time when he must deal with an increasing scarcity of funds.