11.   Even with that gamble, some customers would prefer predictable bills.

12.   Fan surveys have shown the paying customers prefer the Senior Circuit.

13.   For example, Microsoft insisted that all Windows computers display the icon for its Internet Explorer browser, even if the customer preferred the rival Netscape Navigator browser.

14.   Hazy, a supersalesman himself, told the crush of media that his customers now prefer Airbus planes to those built by Boeing.

15.   He knew that customers would prefer to purchase online from the store in which they normally shopped in person.

16.   Higher depreciation charges and evidence that customers prefer their taxis to be as inexpensive as possible make the purchase a risky move, analysts said.

17.   Indeed, many customers prefer it stay that way, as the company has a solid reputation for technical innovation, customer service and aggressive pricing.

18.   Kuzminskaya says her customers prefer coats tanned and sewn abroad, using mink pelts from Scandinavian countries.

19.   Many sponsors fail to exploit their marketing rights, experts say, wrongly assuming that customers prefer goods and services that bear the Olympic stamp of approval.

20.   More and more customers preferred something else.