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"had a preference for" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
One can use this phrase when describing someone's inclination or liking for something over another thing. For example: - She had a preference for Italian cuisine over Chinese food. - The company had a preference for hiring experienced candidates rather than fresh graduates. - The professor had a preference for using traditional teaching methods in his lectures. - He had a preference for spending his weekends hiking in the mountains rather than going to the beach.
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Of the four groups studied, two engaged in GHC behaviour - one had a preference for wrist-to-wrist GHC whilst the other preferred palm-to-palm.
While control mice preferred sucrose to sucralose, MCH-ablated mice no longer had a preference for sucrose.
Some concluded that older cancer patients did prefer a more paternalistic approach, while others found that the elderly had a preference for SDM [ 5, 26, 27].
Williams always had a preference for "thugs".
I've always had a preference for black men.
"It's not like I had a preference for one geography over another, one ideology over another.
The study found that all the children (regardless of their own race) had a preference for the white doll.
At the height of her fame, Hepburn had a preference for showing the left side of her face.
But he added that all things being equal, he had a preference for seeing American continue alone.
Arnaud Lagardère, son of the group's founder and by then its boss, had a preference for keeping Mr Camus.
One had a preference for knock-knock jokes that kept Jessica Penchos, a Dartmouth junior who was one of the judges, giggling.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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