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Generally, the fossa preys upon larger lemurs and rodents in preference to smaller ones.

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Perhaps only coercion, by municipalities or institutions, will persuade people to use such cards in preference to small change.

The multiple proline/arginine-rich C-terminal repeats, present in the wild type but not the recombinant form, therefore promote unfolding and dissociation of Sm-B/B' in preference to the smaller Sm ring proteins.

Köhler trained his chicks to perform simple discriminations say, to choose a large white circle (five centimetres in diameter) in preference to a small white circle (three centimetres in diameter).

Sum-utilitarianism appears to be overly populationist, since it implies the "repugnant conclusion" (Parfit 1984) that we should aim for an unhappy but sufficiently large population in preference to a small and happy one.

Thus, the preference to small insertion was decreased in wheat asymmetric somatic hybrids in comparison with allopolyploid wheat.

The most intriguing result observed here however is the dissociation of Sm-B/B' (23.7/24.7 kDa), U1-C (17.4 kDa) and U1-A (31.2 kDa) in preference to all other smaller subunits in the Sm ring (with the exception of Sm-E).

Content can be searched by skill, although on appearances primacy is given to user ratings with top rated videos being listed on the front page in preference to each category, a small difference from the competition.

Binding by small molecules, in preference to proteins, also occurs when the metals dissolve in vivo.

"It is more sensible in some cases to take a small amount of damage in preference to having none for a tune but paying for it in the long run by losing the very means of fighting".

In preference-to-preference procedures, the outcome is a preference relation over the set of alternatives.

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