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The phrase "a specific preference for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's particular likes or inclinations towards something.
Example: "She has a specific preference for classical music over contemporary genres."
Alternatives: "a distinct liking for" or "a particular inclination towards".
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The results also show that some species had a specific preference for color.
In practice, unfortunately, it is difficult to disentangle a specific preference for rarity from a more general preference for fairness.
We conclude that Srs2ΔC has a specific preference for an ss/dsDNA junction, without a preference for structures with either a 3′ or 5′ tail.
A couple of Y-Family polymerases have a specific preference for the incorporation of incorrect nucleotides, and the resulting mutations are sequence-specific.
The UP1 titrations with single-cytosine-substituted SL3ESS3 constructs revealed a specific preference for G and A residues in the apical ESS3b loop.
Rather than a specific preference for standardised packaging, this further demonstrates the subtle ability of pack colouring and branding elements to influence perceptions and an accepted notion among young people than certain brands are intended for certain subgroups (ie, genders).
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Experimental studies have established a specific preference of motoneuron activation frequencies for the three contractile types of motor units [ 1, 8].
On what basis arsenic chooses genetic targets are yet to be uncovered and any specific preference for a particular chromosome or sequence is being probed at.
This means that these enterprises show very limited signs in their mission statements of any specific preference for an ordered world.
Lacking this information, there is no way to distinguish between a possible specific preference for rarity and a general preference for fairness when the rare disease was four times more costly than the common disease.
It is striking, however, that different tumour types have an organ specific preference for metastasis.
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