Among the top two preferred colour schemes, chosen by 89.1% of respondents, the red map (Figure 5A) was preferred by a majority 59.3% of scientists, and the diverging map (Figure 5C) was preferred by a majority 64.3% of stakeholders (Pearson χ 2 = 5.072, df = 1, α = 0.024).
African savannas were preferred by a large margin.
It is preferred by a growing number of companies to even clunkier and worthier terms such as "corporate social responsibility".
As a result, meeting minutes show, draft bills that are preferred by a majority of lawmakers are sometimes killed by the corporate members at the table.
NBC defends the restrictions by saying that it is maximizing its most important revenue stream, TV, the platform that is preferred by a vast majority of viewers.
Ms. Wright said she slept in a room overlooking the broad front porch that was preferred by "a captain" who was "definitely the Grey Gardens ghost" and had previously used the room.
By contrast, under true majority rule, every voter submits a ranking of candidates, and the winner is the candidate who, as revealed by the rankings, is preferred by a majority to each opponent.
While that strategy is not yet definitive, it is preferred by a majority within the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's policy-making arm, according to minutes released Wednesday from the committee's most recent meeting, on April 27 and 28.
Keeping the law intact is preferred by a mere quarter of those surveyed, largely Democrats, reflecting the deep partisan divide within the overall findings that has persisted since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act just two years ago.
A second proposition, to have the signatures on proxy ballots written on an outer envelope that can be separated from the ballot, was preferred by a majority of those voting but it was defeated because the "Yes" vote failed to reach the two-thirds majority necessary for an amendment to be adopted.
