The Committee does not favour any definition over another.

This is, by the way, why people prefer Friday to Sunday.

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They had a very strong preference for biting on the face.

(a) The remark that a synthetic definition might be preferable to an enumeration

I'll stay. Fortunately, Kapitän seems to think we're on a favouring current, quite swift.

Europeans tend to prefer vacations over growth.

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

(c) Preference for government execution of programmes and projects

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

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

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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.

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.

The informal economy tends to favour employment growth over productivity growth.

It urged its Angolan brothers to follow the path of negotiation in preference to armed struggle in the interest of their people.

We can do an age breakdown, which gives us a histogram of the world's emotional distribution by age.

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

Both revelations underscore China s preference for strategic subterfuge.

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

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.

And there is a growing preference for living and working in air conditioned places.

No preference. Flying suits smell, fur jackets shed.

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.

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

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

It is another matter altogether to subvert democracy by privileging particular interests over others.

Silicon oil (PDMS), if filled needs to be removed after a period of 2 8 months depending on surgeon's preference.

In countries with traditional boy child preferences, Governments are experimenting with means of enhancing the value of the girl child.

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

There was a clear preference for a pragmatic search for solutions without preconceived ideological notions.

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 problem of dowries in certain parts of the world, crimes of honour and the consequences of son preference were also mentioned.

On the environmental front, perhaps the most telling evidence is Beijing residents preference for the United States Embassy s air quality readings over those of their government.

To all appearances, the preference that those nationalities receive over Russians, Belarusians or Poles can be explained only by the desire of Latvian parliamentarians to promote quot Baltic unity quot .

71. The Special Rapporteur has no definite personal preference as to the best position for this article.

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

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.