Sentence examples for systems of preference from inspiring English sources

At the same time he would have loathed the intricate state interventions beloved of Mr. Brown, the sort of top-down tinkering Smith dismissed as "systems of preference and restraint".

Imperial or regional systems of preference came into being: the Ottawa Agreements of 1932 for the British Commonwealth, similar arrangements for the French empire, and a series of tariff and preference agreements negotiated in eastern and central Europe from 1931 on.

In 1957 and in 1963, respectively, Sören Halldén and Georg Henrik von Wright proposed the first complete systems of preference logic (Halldén 1957, von Wright 1963).

A third program, the Generalized System of Preference, also has expired, but for parochial reasons, not partisan ones.

Muir was handed the state's sixth upper house seat thanks to a complex system of preference flows, while the Greens' Janet Rice also picked up a seat.

All three programs — Trade Adjustment Assistance, the Andean preferences and the Generalized System of Preference — could well be renewed if the Colombia and Panama deals move forward.

The SNP, and Liberal Democrats support proportional representation, while Labour has in the past supported changing to a system of preference voting.

Britain is considered essential to resolving the longstanding banana dispute because the European Union, which set trade policy for its member states, effectively inherited the British system of preference for goods produced in its former colonies.

By November 2nd Mr Najib had won enough nominations to block his only rival, Razaleigh Hamzah, a former finance minister, from getting on the ballot-paper.Like Mr Badawi before him, Mr Najib comes to the job promising reforms, including of the system of preference for members of the ethnic-Malay majority for state contracts and jobs.

This situation of non-preference is captured in the relational system of preference [27] that consists in the following two fundamental situations: Indifference ∼ or non-preference where there are no clear reasons to choose one action on the other.

However, the European Union market has more strict regulations (zero tolerance) on residues of chemicals and antibiotics, as well as the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) on import tax.