Sentence examples for preference rather than from inspiring English sources

[Links are to sound files.] Why does a bird evolve one kind of sonic preference rather than another?

"It's really a consumer preference rather than a defined difference on the care of the color," he said.

But having preference rather than demand is linked to more healthy and beneficial emotional responses, such as being angry rather than aggressive.

They will also point to the Democratic primary, in which almost 21% of the state's Democrats voted "No Preference" rather than for Mr Obama.

Flora Roberts, the legendary theatrical agent who wrastled with diets almost as ferociously as she did with producers, used to say, "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper," a dictum that I have always followed from culinary preference rather than dietary need.

Although Fetter was widely known for his theoretical and practical work on industrial monopoly, his major theoretical contributions involved the development of a capital theory that emphasized time preference rather than physical productivity and a distribution theory based upon a generalization of the rent concept.

About 60percentt said they selected a hotel based on their "own needs and preferences," rather than choosing from their company's or client's list of preferred hotels.

Voters should be entitled to express positive preferences rather than make often bad guesses about second-best choices.

The current system means if voters want to nominate their own preferences, rather than the preferences of their party, they have to number every Senate candidate.

The senator accused Judge Bork of selecting evolving rights based on his own preferences rather than neutral principles.

On this view, known as emotivism, right and wrong are relative to individual preferences rather than to social standards.