Example sentences of "[pos pn] preference for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foundation simply expressed its preference for a publisher , she says , with no talk of a quid pro quo . |
| 2 | Encourage children to talk about their preference for a particular toy . |
| 3 | When questioned by a researcher Mr and Mrs Short restated their preference for a placement in an alternative mainstream school . |
| 4 | the subordinates — ie. their individual and collective personalities , and their preference for a style of leadership ; |
| 5 | Political groupings in Slovakia continued to state their preference for a formal state treaty ( rather than a political declaration as embodied in the drafts ) , as the draft constitution was put out for consultation and amendment . |
| 6 | The proposals mean that , for the first time , parents can name their preference for a school , including ordinary ones — and backed up by a new appeal system . |
| 7 | But a factory job was out because she could not stand the noise , and her preference for a more intellectual activity ‘ is rather pitiful in view of the girl 's lack of general education and the nature of her former illness ’ . |
| 8 | His preference for a free vote in East Germany , enabling that country to join its western neighbour , is excessively sanguine even in the medium term , in its assumptions about the consequences for the international system as a whole . |
| 9 | While Thatcher made clear in a speech at a dinner in Havel 's honour that she saw a continued need for NATO and the presence of US troops in Europe , Havel stated in a press conference during his visit that it was " unfortunate to keep on insisting on NATO " , as the European situation was changing rapidly , and he made clear his preference for a common security system subsuming both NATO and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 10 | On May 25 , during a visit to Moscow by President Mitterrand of France , President Gorbachev declared his preference for a unified German membership of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 11 | He again asserted his preference for a referendum ( rather than an agreement between the regional parliaments ) as the " most democratic and moral " method of resolving the constitutional crisis . |
| 12 | De Gaulle had publicly expressed his preference for a " yes-yes " vote ( i.e. yes to a new constitution and yes to limitations on the prerogatives of the Constituent Assembly ) . |