Sentence examples for long-standing preference from inspiring English sources

So much for resting up in the weeks before major championships – a long-standing preference that might now be abandoned.

That broke a long-standing preference by Boehner to advance only bills that could draw the support of a majority of his Republican members.

I really don't know why, but I think my childhood shyness and long-standing preference for the background in business deals is a clue.

However, it is Ings' long-standing preference to join Liverpool where he has been a long-term target for manager Brendan Rodgers.

Yesterday in a plenary session, Nordhaus repeated his long-standing preference for a carbon tax, which sets a price for carbon emissions, not an emissions goal.

Jacob has a long-standing preference for Internet portals and for years has valiantly owned Yahoo, which he considered a kind of value version of the larger and faster-growing Google.

An Analysis of a Long-Standing Preference-Based Explanation, Journal of Finance 64, 751-784.

As such, he reinforced the long-standing Roman preference for ancient customs and Imperial opposition to independent societies.

The resolution sets out a dozen broad goals that align with long-standing GOP preferences for changes to the health-care system.

Wilson's interest in "First Bite" lies in how the combined forces of culture, memory, and long-standing food preferences lead individuals to perpetuate the often unhealthy eating habits they've inherited.

Party affiliation, long-standing political preferences, personal beliefs and values insure that.