Where candidates prove to be equally suitable, preference is given to women.

What is clear is the West s preference for the Turkish model.

Both revelations underscore China s preference for strategic subterfuge.

The Committee does not favour any definition over another.

) At this stage, however, the preference votes are also taken into account.

But they do pay for them, by favoring one vendor over another.

In the November 2006 elections, only one candidate received a seat exclusively through preference votes, while 26 other candidates reaching the preference threshold were already elected based on their position on the list.

For example, Japanese elites tend to favor continuity over change.

It is to choose the option that is consistent with our shared values of democracy, accountability, flexibility and fairness.

Any candidate receiving more than one quarter of the threshold on personal preference votes (the 'preference threshold' or voorkeursdrempel , 0.1675 of the total number of valid votes), is considered elected in their own right, leapfrogging candidates higher on the list.

However, there seems a general preference for Obama among Iraqis.

A very conservative regime naturally tends to prefer a Republican candidate over a Democrat.

In truth, however, other than reflecting the French preference for the politics of the street, the two phenomena have nothing in common.

Europeans tend to prefer vacations over growth.

Western societies, and in particular the U.S., have always favored the man of action over the man of contemplation and man of contemplation.

The country s declining number of voters are lining up in favor of cheaper, imported food.

But, over the years, standards have been allowed to slide, with adjournments being preferred to expulsions.

For the first time, Ukrainians have thrown their little brother complex toward the Russians overboard.

If they are living with their parents, they can spend their entire income on themselves.

When it comes to managing a deep and complex crisis, indeed, European voters tend to prefer the experience of conservative politicians.

More inequality led legislators, at least in that case, to prefer less competition and less expansion in lending.

Recently, it was found in a study that market research regarding consumers' preferences may increase the adoption of CRM among the developing countries' consumers.

Libyans complain that the new government has continued the NTC s policy of favoring revolutionary brigades over institutionalized security services.

We would be inclined to favour the universalization of the Commission's membership or, failing that, to maintain the status quo.

The Kouchner Conversion

Turkey s Transformation

See , how We favour one over the other and in life to come are higher ranks and favours greater still .

Observe how We have given superiority to some over others and indeed the Hereafter is the greatest in rank and the highest in excellence .

Behold , how We prefer some of them over others ! And surely the world to come is greater in ranks , greater in preferment .

Behold thou ! how We have preferred some of them over some others and surely the Hereafter is greater in degrees and greater in preferment .

See how We prefer one above another ( in this world ) and verily , the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preference .

See how We have favored some of them over others yet the Hereafter is greater in ranks , and greater in favors .

See , how We have exalted some above others in this world , and in the Life to Come they will have higher ranks and greater degrees of excellence over others .

See how We prefer one of them above another , and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment .

Observe how We have given some of them an advantage over some others yet the Hereafter is surely greater in respect of ranks and greater in respect of relative merit .

See how We have preferred some above others . Yet the Everlasting Life is greater in rank and greater in preferment .

Look how We have favored in provision some of them over others . But the Hereafter is greater in degrees of difference and greater in distinction .

Consider how We have given preference to some people above others , yet the life to come has more honor and respect .

See how We have made some of them to excel others , and certainly the hereafter is much superior in respect of excellence .

see how We have exalted some above others in the present life . Yet the Hereafter shall be greater in degrees of rank and greater in excellence .

See how We have bestowed more on some than on others but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence .

The media are no remedy, as competition for ratings forces them to favor oversimplification over differentiation, complexity, and nuance.

In recent past, the preference of men to women remains in the mindset and even action of not a few people.

A Watershed Doctrine for America

A BBC World service poll of 21 countries found a strong preference for Obama everywhere except Pakistan.