To find out the true number of people without safe drinking water the UN would have to do costly research, which, Mr Bos says, donors avoid because they prefer to pay for improvements to water supplies themselves.
"If you go to a farm it's not uncommon to see 30 hens clumped together and the grass around them empty, because they prefer to stick together for safety," Coward said.
People do not keep windows closed in Great Britain because they prefer stuffiness to air, but for warmth.
There are horror stories about social workers refusing to give them a loving family because they prefer a never-ending quest for the "perfect match".
The hamburger chain figured that many of its full-time employees, who will be offered health insurance through the company, will turn down the coverage because, as the Journal reported, "they can get insurance through Medicaid or a family member, or because they prefer to pay the penalty for not having coverage".
Amar Gupta, managing editor of the Indian-interest magazine Siliconeer, is not convinced that South Asian immigrants will go for town houses like those at Duane Court, for example, because they prefer large, detached single-family homes built across either one or two floors.
Most of the program's 700 people only go to On Lok for the day, because they prefer returning to their homes at night.
In other heartening news for those who have recently invested in print factories, 29% said they wouldn't pay for news online because they prefer having the physical newspaper – 21% said they don't like reading newspapers on screen.
I have easily forgotten the summers at my grandparents' house because they preferred my sister, for reasons never explained, and my brother, the son and an heir to our clan of Kim.
Only three patients (3%) did not want to complete the questionnaire because they preferred to come to clinic for examination.
