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• Preference is given to the largest group.

• The proximate analysis is preferred.

• In this age of computers the attraction is toward a two-based system.

• Mechanical seals are increasingly favoured by industry.

• The approach favoured by our group is a much more empirical one.

• To decide between two theories, ...

• The spark was preferred to the arc.

• Polarization helps us to understand why some molecules are favoured over their ionic counterparts.