IUPAC prefers the British spellings " aluminium " and " caesium " over the U. S. spellings " aluminum " and " cesium ", and the U. S. " sulfur " over the British " sulphur ".

Davenport prefers the open access to the river for parks and vistas over having access cut off by dikes and levees.

The Britannica generally prefers British spelling over American ; for example, it uses colour ( not color ), centre ( not center ), and encyclopaedia ( not encyclopedia ).

The Dowager Duchess is witty and intelligent, and strongly supports her younger son, whom she plainly prefers over his less intelligent, more conventional older brother, Gerald, the 16th Duke.

It also suggests that each of us prefers one mode over the other ( OECD 2007 ).

The regularization penalty can be viewed as implementing a form of Occam's razor that prefers simpler functions over more complex ones.

** These benthic and limnetic species even display their mating preferences when presented with sticklebacks from Japanese lakes ; that is, a Canadian benthic prefers a Japanese benthic over its close limnetic cousin from its own lake.

Tolkien greatly prefers this motif over the later medieval trend of using the dragon as a symbolic or allegorical figure, such as in the legend of St. George.

It prefers a deep and fertile soil but it has great powers of adaptation and is hardy over most of the contiguous United States, where it is extensively used as a hedge plant.

The father states that he prefers the child to the money, then he recites a blessing and hands over five silver coins ( or an equivalent amount of total silver ).

It also occurs as dialogue in the film when Joe, as " Junior ", tells Sugar he prefers classical music over hot jazz.

He applies Occam's Razor, and suggests that it prefers the standard external ' reality ' over something like a brain in a vat.

* If every voter prefers alternative X over alternative Y, then the group prefers X over Y.

Frank tells Rocky — the recipient of the other half of Eddie's brain — that he prefers him over Eddie (" Charles Atlas Song ( Reprise )"/" I Can Make You a Man ( Reprise )"**).

The VDM community prefers the word " reification " over " refinement ", as the process has more to do with concretising an idea than with refining it.

When she learns that Kal-El ( Superman's Kryptonian name ) prefers the company of a certain Terrestrial named Lois Lane, Mala turns against Superman and later releases General Jax-Ur ( a version of General Zod, although named after another villain from the Superman comics ) to take over Earth.

It prefers to nest over water on permanent prairie marshes surrounded by emergent vegetation, such as cattails and bulrushes, which provide protective cover.

Most of his autodidacticism comes from reading books, which he prefers over traditional forms of education, including schooling.

Recently, Harris ' songs have become more progressive, and guitarist Adrian Smith has commented that Harris now prefers contributing " lyrics and melodies and arranging " to other member's songs over writing alone.

It occurs in upland areas over 300m with higher rainfall and shallow, acidic, sandy soils whereas Quercus robur prefers deeper, richer soils at lower altitude.

While U. S. culture prefers breasts that are youthful and upright, some cultures venerate women with wrinkled, saggy breasts, indicating mothering and the wisdom of experience.

IUPAC prefers that isotope symbols be written in superscript notation when practical, for example < sup > 12 </ sup > C and < sup > 235 </ sup > U. However, other notations, such as carbon-12 and uranium-235, or C-12 and U-235, are also used.

Examples might be which spouse is more competent for a particular task or function ; which has better access to it ; or if they decide both are similarly competent and have comparable access, they might make the decision based on who prefers that function or task, or conversely, which of them dislikes it less than the other.

It prefers fruit above all other food items and will even eat them when they are not abundant.

However, " the Chinese government prefers the celibate model of ... Quanzhen clergy ", while " Zhengyi clergy are often married, and often reside at home.

Wikipedia prefers SVG for images such as simple maps, line illustrations, coats of arms, and flags, which generally are not like photographs or other continuous-tone images.

In other words, a ray of light prefers the path such that there are other paths, arbitrarily nearby on either side, along which the ray would take almost exactly the same time to traverse.

He prefers to leave ambiguities to puzzle and intrigue his readers: " Some things are best left to the reader's very able imagination.

Old Adam suggests various evil crimes, but Robin prefers minor acts that are not criminal, but " merely rude ".

In other words the dice are ordered A > B > C > D > A where x > y means " a gambler prefers x to y ".

Gulliver much prefers the Houyhnhnms ' company to the Yahoos ', even though the latter are biologically closer to him.

These are optional, and can be ignored if the player prefers to design his or her character entirely from the ground up.

The Janissary Tree and its sequels are crime novels set in Istanbul in the 1830's, written by Jason Goodwin featuring Yashim-an eunuch detective, who is resourceful and learned in both the Ottoman culture and that of the West, enjoys the trust of the Sultan and high officials, and prefers to live in a rather bohemian lodging outside the palace complex.

Michael is the no-nonsense, serious but unassuming leader, Steven the loving, near-groom, pecked at by his mother for not wearing a scarf with his tuxedo and Nick is the quiet, introspective man who loves hunting because, " I like the trees ... you know ... the way the trees are ..." The recurring theme of " one shot ", which is how Michael prefers to take down a deer, is introduced.

Damballah's offerings are very simple and he prefers an egg on a mound of flour or salt, but loves everything white.

It copes well with dewatering and while it prefers to grow in moderate temperatures it will tolerate temperatures that are low or very high.

They both usually have at least one girlfriend at any one time ; Akira prefers older women because the women of his household ( his mother and two younger sisters ) are quite childish.

Such " castings " are generally discouraged by the Miss Universe Organization, which prefers national pageants that preserve an aura of respectability and competition.

The notions of key and absolute pitch are deeply rooted in Western music, whereas the Carnatic notation does not specify the key and prefers to use scale degrees ( relative pitch ) to denote notes.

However, they are taken aback when he tells them he prefers to take his chances in California to become a Hollywood screenwriter.

The habitats of the Stock Dove are in more or less open country, for though it often nests in trees it prefers parklands to thick woods.

Sanatana Dharma has also influenced the Indian conception of secularism, where the notion of ' sarva dharma sambhava ' ( all religions or truths are equal or harmonious to each other ) prefers to tolerate all faiths equally rather than rejecting religion per se.

This species and the closely related Grey Crowned Crane, B. regulorum, which prefers wetter habitats for foraging, are the only cranes that can nest in trees.

There are times when Midge cannot stand Moose's jealousy and ends up scolding him, but every time he just wants to give Midge some space, she decides that she prefers the old Moose.