The Committee does not favour any definition over another.

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

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

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

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

No preference for the selected backend.

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

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

(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.

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.

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

(c) Preference for government execution of programmes and projects

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.

Son preference and related practices

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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.

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

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

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.

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.

No preference. Flying suits smell, fur jackets shed.

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

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.

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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 .