Sentence examples for preference of preferred from inspiring English sources

The letter says that "the consideration for the purchase of the company did not clear the preference of preferred shareholders".

This is a private stock transaction, and unfortunately the consideration for the purchase of the company did not clear the preference of Preferred shareholders so Common stockholders will not be receiving anything in this deal (cash or stock).

Based on overall preferences, a list of preferred firewood species is presented in Table 4.

(5) GAP PREFERENCE means orders of preferred penetrable gaps for cell movement.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, personal communication, 15 January 2014) and a fifth choice of 'None of the existing definitions are satisfactory' in order of preference (1=most preferred, 5=least preferred), and could rate multiple definitions as most and/or least preferred (see table 1).

Like any fashion-driven preference, preferred species of live reef fish tend to change with time [21].

We categorized participants' anchor points on the basis of the ratio of the number of saccades directed toward one feature over the over (preference ratio = [number of preferred saccades − number of nonpreferred saccades]/[number of preferred saccades + number of nonpreferred saccades]).

Spatial distribution of voles and mice and their abundances in agricultural landscape are largely influenced by their food preferences and the distribution of preferred crops.

However, adult-young ratios significantly influenced neither spatial partner preference (i.e. number of preferred spatial partners, see methods), nor quantity of positive contacts, nor distribution in the other distance classes (Kendall partial coefficient: p>0.05 in all cases).

The pilot surveys varied the attributes, levels, choice format (discrete choice versus a graded pairs format [ 15] with respondents asked to rate the intensity of their preference for their preferred alternative) and wording of a limited number of scenarios, with respondents encouraged to talk through their decision-process and to provide a rationale for each decision.

Topics explored included (1) baseline knowledge regarding ACP, (2) preferences for ACP, (3) characteristics of preferred surrogates, and (4) barriers and facilitators to completing ACP specific to age and individuation.