Sentence examples for undue preference from inspiring English sources

There will also always be boards that make the wrong decision and decide to deflect a hostile offer out of an undue preference to stay independent.

But clearly Hightower and others are not upset about parents supporting their children; they are annoyed by undue preference for kin, especially when those who benefit from it pretend not to have been the recipient of any such thing.

Collins set the tone for his campaign by declaring he wanted the police to be "ratcatchers and not social workers", claiming they currently gave undue preference to political correctness and that he wanted to see ex-business and ex-military figures stand as PCC candidates, not "sunset councillors or retired policemen with axes to grind".

In the latter case the court had answered a contention that the proviso was invalid for undue preference of nonresidents by saying 'such an argument should be addressed to the General Assembly and not to this court.' 161 Ohio St. at page 210, 118 N.E.2d at page 530.

It is doubtless founded in a deference to state jealousy, and a sincere desire to obviate the fears, real or imaginary, that the general government would obtain an undue preference over the state governments.

In these tasks, decisions are often characterised by stereotyped biases that hinder outcome maximisation, including a tendency to weight losses more heavily than gains (loss aversion) (Tversky and Kahneman, 1991; Tom et al., 2007), or an undue preference for an already endowed or 'default' option (status quo bias) (Kahneman et al., 1991; De Martino et al., 2009; Fleming et al., 2010).

As Congress itself has recognized, it is integral to this purpose "to assure that dealing in securities is fair and without undue preferences or advantages among investors". H.R.Conf.Rep.No.

The antifraud provisions were designed in large measure "to assure that dealing in securities is fair and without undue preferences or advantages among investors". H.R.Conf.Rep.No.94-229, p. 91 (1975), U.S.Code Cong.

Consider this reaction from The Economist in its Jan . 19issue: "To make matters yet worse for the Democrats, the one person whose actions smack of unethical politicking turns out to be one of their own: Robert Rubin, the former treasury secretary…If Mr. Whalley and Mr. Lay were seeking undue preferences, so was Mr. Rubin.

'If any railroad shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, firm, or corporation, or shall subject any particular person, firm, or corporation... to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever, such railroad shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination.' Id. § 49.

At this point it's important to explain what Bellow calls the "somewhat anomalous" way that he uses the word "nepotism": he says he has "defined it to mean not just 'undue preference for kin' but, more broadly, 'doing things with kinship.' " This is a bold rhetorical leap.