Sentence examples for s a preference for from inspiring English sources

In the free condition of the initial study, one group (F) developed a preference for pulling and two groups (H and S) a preference for pushing (Fig. 3).

Thus, despite near maximal cocaine sampling, rats under the S+/C+ condition acquired a preference for lever S as quickly as rats under the S+/C- condition.

Similarly, under the S+/C- condition, rats rapidly acquired a preference for lever S which became statistically reliable on day 7.

But Peru's record suggests a preference for more aggressive tactics.

The club's commodore, Tony Pignatello, indicated a preference for the latter, and the others assented.

But in a crowded field, the East's coaches showed a preference for players on winning teams.

Even one of Mr Howard's frontbench team, Alan Duncan, has expressed a preference for Mr Kerry.

A preference for Ashbery's sometimes mysterious abstractions over the formal, measured clarity of Dante rendered Derek incredulous.

Livingston's zoning code, they say, includes a preference for a "location on a site with an existing telecommunication tower".

Tom Birchard, the owner of Veselka, the neighborhood's beloved "Ukrainian soul food" spot, attributed Mr. Yagi's success to a preference for hard work over hype.

His problem with Chief Justice Roberts's proposal was grounded in a preference for easily applied binary rules over mushy standards that give judges too much power.