Examples of 'were preferred' in a sentence
Meaning of "were preferred"
were preferred - "Were preferred" indicates a past preference or choice for something or someone over other options. It suggests that in a specific context or situation, the subject or group of people expressed a higher level of preference or favor towards the mentioned option. For example, "In the survey, it was found that red cars were preferred over blue cars." It implies that more respondents showed a preference for red cars compared to blue cars.
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Military actions were preferred over peaceful means.
Dichloromethane as solvent and triethylamine as base were preferred.
Flexible diagnostic guidelines were preferred to strict criteria.
What were preferred materials to make them.
Close relatives of the prospective immigrant were preferred.
Smaller classrooms were preferred as they were easier to light correctly.
Two years of experience in insurance surveillance were preferred.
Electric trolley cars were preferred for interurban service.
Horizontal and diagonal lines were preferred.
Perhaps plaster masks were preferred if they could be afforded.
Perfumes from natural odorants like sandalwood or musk were preferred.
The tapioca fiber samples were preferred in organoleptic evaluations.
Transfer functions that took into account solution speciation were preferred.
Risktaking and innovation were preferred to stability and routinization.
Often bird names with the appropriate number of syllables were preferred.
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Fruits were preferred rather than dessert after main course.
The scholars of the town were preferred over the foreigners.
There were probably certain cooking or boiling functions where ceramics were preferred.
Lead solders were preferred in plumbing.
Women are being offered scientific and engineering jobs where formerly men were preferred.
Conformers with a low total energy were preferred in the selection.
Chestnut leaves were preferred because they are tough and contain tannin.
Narrow boyish hips were preferred.
Mothers were preferred as respondents.
Autologous cancer cells were preferred.
Pulsed light treatments were preferred for high optical energy treatments.
This vector was used in this invention when ampicillin resistant vectors were preferred.
Faster dogs were preferred.
Gray horses were preferred because their light coloring was more visible at night.
In three of these cases different charges were preferred and proceeded to trial.
Motorways were preferred where express roads could have solved the traffic problems.
Single men were preferred.
Fonts with only primary line traces and a simpler shape were preferred.
Small duodecimo editions of books were preferred to the large folio editions.
Children were preferred workers in textile mills because they worked for lower wages.
In one of these cases different charges were preferred and proceeded to trial.
Freight locomotives were preferred because of the operation of mixed trains together with passenger trains.
Of course boys were preferred.
These were preferred to pebbles because of their greater weight which made them more effective.
Dominant and codominant hemlock were preferred by porcupines in their feeding attacks.
At the priority date the sandwich format with emphasis for the heterogeneous variants were preferred.
Silver coated elements were preferred owing to their high intrinsic conductivity.
Mercurial derivatives such as Thiomersal were preferred.
Pills were preferred.
The sensory characteristics of pasteurised milk cheese were preferred over SMARTMILK cheese.
Educated men of good family were preferred over formerly enlisted men with little formal education.
For our region which is most suitable type of tomato cultivation Bandita tomatoes were preferred.
All three test reconstituted tobaccos were preferred over the control.
International films were preferred before Colombian films by the Colombian public.
All indictments to the High Court were preferred in his name.
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