Meanings of general preference in English

Whence, I ask, comes this general preference for the cylinder, never used hitherto?

The Lorenskis themselves could not but applaud that general preference.

But that general preference for a Biden presidency raises a different question for Irish people.

Grapefruit seedlings are good and quite widely used, though the general preference is for sour-stock seedlings.

Scale item means in all samples were positively skewed, suggesting a general preference for visual health information.

That was one disadvantage, but it was greatly overweighed by a general preference for beauty over ugliness.

In short, the general preference of women with respect to any thing decides no question of individual right, whatever.

This craving for salt will explain the general preference that is felt for salted food as against fresh meat.

If individual right goes with general preference, then the pillars of the universe are uprooted, or we have no pillars worth mentioning.

Their general preference for the concrete has the same motive; for there are only a few abstractions capable of arousing and fixing emotion.

He is, perhaps, the general preference amongst dog drivers in the interior, but he has not the graceful distinction of appearance of the malamute.

Even more importantly, the German offering of low alcohol sweet or off-dry wines seems at odds with the general preference for dry white wines.

Administration lawyers said the general preference for family unity does not trump the law's plain language that the immigrant personally must satisfy the eligibility requirements.

General preferences, however, reflect a superordinate moral concept independent of actual situations as proposed in psychological and socioeconomic research.

General preferences include showing the Universal Access menu item and enabling access for assistive devices like electronic Braille interfaces.