The phrase "are likely preferred" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing options or choices that are anticipated to be favored or chosen by a group or individual.
Example: "In this survey, the options that are likely preferred by participants include more flexible working hours and remote work opportunities."
Alternatives: "are probably favored" or "are expected to be chosen".
If you review various forms of communication from the beginning of time, you must believe that short and direct communication was likely preferred.
In addition, perpendicular binding will be likely preferred as it minimizes interaction of the label with the surface.
This altered metabolic phenotype known as 'aerobic glycolysis' or 'Warburg effect' is likely preferred by the tumour cells to efficiently convert glucose into the macromolecules needed for tumour growth (Warburg, 1956).
Considering the Pacific Biosciences data has high error rates and generating an error-free read is unlikely, a solution with the minimum number of corrected errors is likely preferred over a solution that successfully maps more fragments without errors.
And because funds vote "all-or-nothing" for, against or abstain, even where funds vote the way a majority of their investors are likely to prefer, there will be a divergence from the preferences of a minority of their investors.
There are ways to regain sanity, but the hallucinations are so much fun that you are likely to prefer madness.
Non-OECD countries, riding a high of new influence in development affairs, are likely to prefer an alternative arena.
And small, especially rural, primary schools are likely to prefer a relationship with a local authority rather than central government.
Less affluent parents are likely to prefer more homework as a way of keeping their kids off the streets.
In addition, parties are likely to prefer a known, inefficient system – the courts- over a less known, more efficient system such as mediation or arbitration.
