I have a predilection for beef.

Had a predilection for eating the brains and the heart.

So, despite China s predilection for aloofness, cooperation is not merely an option, but a necessity.

You know, think of our evolutionary predilection for eating sweet things, fatty things like cheesecake.

And hemorrhagic smallpox, the most cruel of all, which had a predilection for pregnant women.

That's the wonderful thing about evolution the predilection to believe that our child is best.

A harrowing predilection for the uses of force had become commonplace, with an equal distaste for the alternative forms of influence.

A harrowing predilection for the uses of force had become commonplace, with an equal distaste for the alternative forms of influence.

Japan s past predilection toward saving has long implied a large trade and current account surplus, but now these surpluses are starting to swing the other way.

Syria s people may have no predilection for violence, but the birth of freedom, once witnessed, is not easily forgotten or trumped by state handouts and vacuous statements by a distant, self isolated leadership.

Its inspired creativity and support in building formal institutions like the United Nations and World Bank has given way to a predilection for weak, informal, and ad hoc groupings, such as the various G somethings and coalitions of the willing.

Yet it should not be overlooked that the predilection of the Haitian armed forces for coups d apos état is not home grown, as was also true, by all appearances, of the coup d apos état that deposed President Aristide.

The proposed bill attracted support from moderate Muslim leaders, but its most vocal advocates were a collection of radical religious groups with a predilection for violence, led by the Islamic Defenders Front (known by its Indonesian acronym, FPI). This year alone, these self appointed moral vigilantes have ransacked bars and nightclubs, attacked the American and Danish embassies, and stoned the offices of Playboy after its first edition all with only occasional protests from the police.