That women have developed a preference for large lips reflects changing notions of beauty.

A stronger preference of youthfulness (detected by female hormone markers) reflects female fertility and the reproductive value mean.

But as his culinary preferences reflect, Mr. Fresco's fabric goes well beyond his heritage.

Both preferences reflect the power of domestic producer interests, whose aim is not to spur development abroad but to sell exports and block imports.

Our preference for the excessive in public discourse reflects one of the deepest trends in modern American life: the death of authority.

Perhaps Turks' preference for Turkish mates reflects, in some cases, the desire for a religious life.

The reasons for a lack of industrialisation in Devon and Cornwall are unclear but likely reflect local preference, at least in part.

"His preference for this music reflected his internal chaos," she said, "it did not cause it."

Instead, they lived and worked alone or in pairs, a preference reflected today.

Remedial race-based preferences reflect the opposite impulse: a desire to foster equality in society.