Sentence examples similar to firm predilection from inspiring English sources

I was embarrassed for Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein as he tried to launder his firm's predilection for the profit maximization credo by arguing that Goldman's buyers of toxic mortgage derivatives were sophisticated investors, mind you, not naive Aunt Sadies, and knew what they were buying.

He has also produced compilations of essays originally published in The New York Times and elsewhere on all manner of musical subjects, and his writings on early music in particular have been influential, showing that current notions of historically "authentic" performance owe as much to modernist impulses and predilections as they do to any firm understanding of ancient practice.

Carver, a partner in the big corporate firm Clifford Chance and adviser to anti-corruption campaign Transparency International, fumes at Straw's predilection for strong press releases and weak enforcement.

The firm had never done a house that would be completed without a predetermined owner, and never had a client who expressed no aesthetic predilections.

…of the French predilection for classicism.

But is that personal predilection or prudishness?

There was a male predilection (1.7M 1.0F).

The darkness is more of an aura or predilection.

Mrs. Reagan's predilection for the color is well known.

It's a predilection that results in many disappointments.

Prime 66 also had a predilection for technology stocks.