preferred approach
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreferredandapproach
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preferred
adjective
uk/prɪˈfɜːd/us/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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approach
noun
uk/əˈprəʊtʃ/us/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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In this article, we do not explore the reasons why the indirect approach has become thepreferredapproachin conservation circles.
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The arguments in support of the author'spreferredapproach(a discursive institutional perspective) are logical and clearly presented.
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Ourpreferredapproach, the outlet repair, has four crucial features.
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Where price controls may be thepreferredapproach, it would be important to pay attention to the building of the necessary regulatory capacity.
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The traditional style of informal care, which involves passing care responsibilities onto females, is no longer regarded as thepreferredapproachby the majority of them.
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Regular face-to-face discussion with a knowledgeable professional able to provide accurate information and dispel myths is thepreferredapproachto information-giving by nearly all older patients.
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In fact page 9 of the introduction to the teacher's book states that this would be a possible though notpreferredapproach.
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Is there apreferredapproach?
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Henry'spreferredapproachwas repeatedly to gather bishops and theologians together and to cajole and to persuade them to reach an agreement on the principles of true religion.
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Itspreferredapproachinvolved the splitting of pension rights between the divorcing parties at the time of divorce on a cash equivalent basis.
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Ourpreferredapproachis for industry to come up with recycling initiatives that will stand the test of time in a free market.
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That would be ourpreferredapproachto dealing with the shortfall of organs at this stage.
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Introducing blocks of new legislation rather than a host of detailed amendments is a muchpreferredapproach.
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It is likely that in most circumstances, vaccination would be thepreferredapproach.
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Ourpreferredapproachremains to achieve international agreement, and we are making every effort to achieve that.
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Then he said that hispreferredapproachwould be to leave it to the commission.
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Based on that analysis, we have identified apreferredapproachknown as "core competence".
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The approach in the amendment was hispreferredapproach, but he did not take it any further.
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Our presentpreferredapproachwould be to maintain the present definition and limit it to a narrower category of files.
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We have, therefore, clearly stated that ourpreferredapproachwould be to implement these provisions in the context of an international agreement.
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