The point is, some people felt free to express a personal preference.

But it expressed a clear preference for the trade center site.

I am hard pressed to express a preference for one or the other.

American officials have also expressed a preference for a return of the refugees.

If few people know both men, fewer still are willing to express a preference.

After sampling the other's way of life, both express a decided preference for their own.

Several commission members expressed a preference for the original design yesterday.

In fact, Hoover would have been the whole country's choice if the people could express a preference.

Even those who expressed a preference were tentative about their choice.

Most family members expressed a preference for the traditional minivan look.