'demonstrate a preference for' can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to express that someone has a certain preference for something. For example, "John demonstrated a preference for Italian cuisine when he ordered caprese salad and spaghetti carbonara."
Lilac-crowned Parrots also demonstrate a preference for conserved forest habitat, being less frequently encountered in disturbed habitat (Renton and Iñigo-Elias 2003).
As a result, a characteristic of a colonizing population might be that it will very clearly demonstrate a preference for gross habitat types, and within these gross habitat types they might locate their settlements in very similar places.
Because TC is more representative of adult learning principles and constructivist theory, we hypothesized that resident satisfaction and educational outcomes would demonstrate a preference for, and the educational efficacy of, the TC model.
America's broadband speeds are improving for two reasons: first, broadband providers have installed newer technologies, such as Verizon FiOS, DOCSIS 3 cable modems, and AT&T U-verse that are four or more times faster than the technologies they replaced; and second, users have begun to demonstrate a preference for higher-speed broadband by opting into higher-speed upgrades.
Although defendants try to characterize § 107(2) as an effort by Congress to treat ministers fairly and avoid religious entanglement, the plain language of the statute, its legislative history and its operation in practice all demonstrate a preference for ministers over secular employees.
Thio Li-ann has opined that the 1989 measures taken to limit judicial checks on executive power demonstrate a preference for non-legal institutional checks.
One hour after social interaction with the demonstrator cagemate, repeated measures ANOVA demonstrated a preference for the cued food over the novel food both in young (F1,36 = 5.46, P = 0.025) and adult (F1,34 = 6.90, P = 0.01) mice.
Students that preferred a didactic approach to learning demonstrated a preference for EBM concepts to be delivered in the existing tutorial format.
