Because farmers preferred clearing more fertile soils located downhill and leave forest on poorer soils on the crests, the redistribution of 137Cs and TOC along slopes of the catchment was mainly controlled by the topographic position of soils and the cultivation frequency.
Movies -- large-scale, commercially ambitious Hollywood movies in particular -- prefer clear story lines and unambiguous emotions.
Face shield makers prefer clear plastic as a material, because it is transparent and lighter than older-style wire cages.
Impeccably conducted in terms of scholarship, the debate may have scared off buyers who prefer clear-cut answers to carefully weighed hypotheses.
Another friend, a bit abashed, said that worrying over the tape has brought him to ponder whether pee fetishists prefer clear or dark-yellow urine.
Whereas Westerners tend to prefer clear cut, logical dichotomies and analyse things logically, Easterners think more holistically, where everything is combined and rules are not the final word.Elections are rules-based systems, and perhaps psychologically less appealing to the Eastern holistic way of thinking.
For example, biochemical processes in wetlands can reduce the delivery of excess nutrients such as nitrogen to nearby waters (an intermediate service), thereby reducing algae growth and improving water clarity (a final service to swimmers and others who prefer clear water).
Mind you, no evidence or references are offered to support such a claim, but for those who prefer clear evidence to the contrary, here it is: The Quran is the first and only religious scripture that commands its adherents -- Muslims -- to protect churches, synagogues and temples from attack and to do so in preference to protecting mosques (22 40-41).
Mud carp normally dwell in the bottom of the water column; they prefer clear water and can move swiftly.
First, although researchers, clinicians and people in the general population prefer clear-cut and familiar labels, people do not always fit precisely into the labels they are provided.
