Sentence examples for maintained a preference from inspiring English sources

But he still maintained a preference for them when possible, without giving a convincing reason for that preference (Bridgman 1938, 127).

In fact, the preferences between the two groups diverged, with the GEMP students increasing their preference for deep learning in the final two years of the medical program compared with the UG students who maintained a preference for surface learning.

During this period, food consumption was monitored both within the runway test and afterwards in the holding room, to ensure hens maintained a preference for the standard food (which they did).

For example, captive capuchin monkeys maintained a preference for a particular technique to open an artificial feeding box over 2 years (Crast et al. 2010), and wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) maintained experimentally introduced food cleaning preferences over more than 1 year (van de Waal et al. 2012).

While she has turned to an e-reader for reading at night or in the rain, Nesbet maintains a preference for words on paper.

We therefore steer clear of the unpredictable risks associated with interest rate guarantees, and maintain a preference for UK Life names (Pru and Aviva both overweight) and property and casualty markets where we see solid balance sheets and relative underwriting margin stability (Sampo and Zurich (both overweight).

IRVINE — In a conference with a penchant for an unsightly brand of play, the UC Irvine men's soccer team showed in the Big West Conference opener Wednesday night that it maintains a preference for a more beautiful game.

However, on the population level, they did not maintain a preference for one or the other technique over the three consecutive years.

The effect of elective experience for students expressing a preference for primary care at commencement was non-significant, with 40.32 % of LMIC and 42.11 % of HIC students maintaining a preference for primary care.

Wild marmosets were able to maintain a preference for one of two opening techniques at an artificial fruit apparatus over a 2-year period without exposure to the task.

Buffett has avoided splitting Berkshire's stock and has maintained a strong preference for long-term shareholders who understand the company's fundamentals and underlying value.