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Example sentences for "generally preferred"

  • It is generally preferred to the Common Wormwood for medicinal purposes, as the taste is more agreeable, and its odor less pungent.

  • Rhubarb from Turkey and the neighboring countries is generally preferred; but it is said its superiority, to a great degree, is attributable to the manner in which it is dried and prepared for market.

  • Yeast from home-brewed beer is generally preferred to any other: it is very bitter, and on that account should be well washed, and put away until the thick mass settles.

  • Stilton cheese, or British Parmesan, as it is sometimes called, is generally preferred to all other cheeses by those whose authority few will dispute.

  • Patent mustard is nearly as cheap as any other, and is generally preferred.

  • But the recurrence of an annual supply seems to be the voice of nature, forbidding its being kept in ordinary cases to a longer period, especially as new corn is generally preferred to the old.

  • The thickest part of the fish is generally preferred.

  • The female crab is generally preferred: the colour is much brighter, the claws are shorter, and the apron in front is much broader.

  • Cutting tools are apt to break and require frequent grinding; hence, as a rule, the rolling wheel cutter is generally preferred.

  • It is generally preferred, however, to have the wheel teeth curved to envelop a part of the circumference of the worm, and thus increase the line of contact of tooth upon tooth, and thereby provide more ample wearing surface.

  • One sort is rarely scented by itself, as a mixture of several is generally preferred; in which respect every perfumer has his peculiar secret.

  • The steel called common steel is employed in making the very common articles; but for the greatest part of table knives which require a surface free from flaws, shear steel is generally preferred.

  • The last is generally preferred by the French chemists, who have occupied themselves most with this subject, and it contains usually one thousandth part of its weight of this dye-drug of the best quality.


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