Individuals may show lateral preference when grasping with their trunks: some prefer to twist them to the left, others to the right.
A subset of children were probed on present and past tense preferences for the item stems; 8 preferred the present tense, 8 preferred the past tense, and 9 had no stated preference when referring to the past 7 days.
In psychological studies, people who describe themselves as undecided often reveal a pronounced preference when they are forced to choose.
It has also, more recently, been an exploration of people's preference, when given the choice, for democracy.
Or how about a site called ShutUpMelAllen.com to gripe about his supposed pinstriped preference when he was calling some of that same series?
If the country gets its preference, when its Russian-speaking bankers say strizhka, they will be referring only to a trip to the barbershop.
They each received a $3,000 discount and the promise that the dealership would give them preference when they came in with maintenance problems.
or New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, both Democratic politicians who have openly acknowledged their sexual preference, when answering Bob Schieffer's question about the cause of homosexuality.
It is becoming clear that the "cabinet does not have a real preference" when it comes to privatisation, says Natalia Orlova of Alfa Bank.
His only concession to flamboyance is a preference, when he attends the opening night of the Met's season, for a velvet tuxedo paired with a black shirt and a knotted tie.
Whether a life-long member of the M&S club of pants or a French silk-loving siren, we all have a preference when it comes to size, style, fabric or just general comfiness.
