Sentence examples for preference shown from inspiring English sources

There is no indication that the preference shown to Costner directly impeded the development of another technology.

One is the preference shown by one sex (often the females) for individuals of the other sex that exhibit certain traits.

Maria Montessori was so struck by the preference shown by children for practical activities, like sweeping, over playing with toys that she remarked, "In the life of a child, play is perhaps something of little importance which he undertakes for the lack of something better to do".

In 1691 he was appointed painter to the cathedral of Toledo, but his success was counterbalanced by the preference shown by the court to the Italian painter Luca Giordano, who arrived in Spain in 1692 to decorate El Escorial, the Spanish royal residence.

There was anger that the preference shown was unfair, even unlawful.

Within these regions, the precipitates manifested as grain coatings with no preference shown for grain-to-grain contacts.

In an October 2012 interview, Hawke said that he prefers great art over politics, explaining that his preference shows "how little" he cares about the latter:.

Mr. Santos's preference shows how tricky this can be.

An ESPN map based on fan preference showed that only two states — Florida and Washington — were rooting for the Heat.

The elytral design and habitat preference showed phylogenetic signals.

Simultaneous-choice assays of mating preference showed that females attend to species- and sex-specific chemical cues emitted in male urine.