1.   It is expected to show they are diversifying slowly out of their traditional preference for government bonds.

2.   The Cowboys, against their traditional preference, will wear blue.

3.   Coomaraswamy said there was a growing discrepancy between the numbers of men and women in China and India as a result of the traditional preference for a son.

4.   It said that such violations started before birth, when female fetuses are aborted after sex determination tests because of a traditional preference for male children.

5.   Lin Xinnu harbored a traditional Chinese preference for male heirs, the Xinmin Evening News reported Saturday.

6.   Most Chinese couples are legally allowed only one child, and in many cases they have a traditional preference for boys and will abort unwanted girl fetuses.

7.   Trade in male children is particularly brisk because of the traditional preference for boys to carry on the family name.

8.   With the match approaching, Australians have been ditching their traditional preference for rugby, cricket and Australian-rules football and pouring their attention on soccer.

9.   He added that while an expanding Japanese economy should boost consumption, there was no guarantee that consumers there would shed their traditional preference for domestically produced goods.

10.   As in poor rural areas all over China, traditional preferences for sons mean that girls suffer most from the low school attendance rate.