"increasing preference for" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
Example: There has been an increasing preference for organic produce among health-conscious consumers.
Although some parents would have based their choices on differences in contraindications to the 2 vaccines, the magnitude of this difference and the increasing preference for TIV for older children suggests that many parents simply preferred the injectable formulation.
The cartels have shown an increasing preference for high-capacity rifles like these.
The increasing preference for precommitted investment has helped a number of deals get through despite difficult markets.
Consumers have shown an increasing preference for such all-you-can-eat bundles, as opposed to buying each item separately.
Although Bord Bia has identified some obvious reasons for an increasing preference for quicker alternatives, Ms. Mee says she believes that the solutions may be more elusive.
His attitude may reflect his increasing preference for law enforcement work, especially as network news operations have become more reluctant to use hidden cameras, even as the technology proliferates elsewhere.
In summary, the benefits of a cyclic shift in preferences may be two-fold: maximising preferences for good genes to pass on to offspring (indirect benefits) when conception is likely, and increasing preferences for traits that signal parental investment (direct benefits) on days that reflect the hormone profile of pregnancy, and correspond with a low chance of conception.
There is some evidence that chronic stress may affect food choice by increasing preferences for high fat, energy-dense foods [ 49, 51].
In contrast, control groups that were each subjected to unpaired presentations of stimuli at the first or second conditioning stage exhibited no significantly increased preference for the CS2, thus indicating that the increased preference for the CS2 in the experimental group is truly the result of second-order conditioning.
For example, children have an increased preference for fatty foods if their mothers ate a high-fat diet during pregnancy.
Moody's, another agency, acknowledges that German life insurers' increased preference for investment in equities in recent years has put them at significantly greater risk today.Nor are equity investments the only source of trouble.
