plumped for

Elsewhere, though, only a few towns and a handful of London boroughs have plumped for directly elected leaders.

Mr Thaksin has called her his "clone" , and everyone knew it, though she insists that voters plumped for her policies and management style.

The children plumped for a holiday by the sea.

So even though I ate out in Brussels yesterday, I plumped for a veggie option: a delicious Lebanese mezze.

The White House, opponents allege, plumped for a policy of shooting the messenger.

So instead of pressing forward with a radical redesign, Airbus plumped for a more limited upgrade.

Given a turnout of less than 50%, only a quarter of Russian voters actually plumped for the Kremlin's party.

The county narrowly plumped for Jim Webb, now Virginia's Democratic senator, in 2006 after years of Republican domination in the area.

In 2008, 43% of the general public selected Japan as the most important partner for the U. S. , while 34% plumped for China.

In its final counter-terrorist strategy in office, Labour plumped for challenging such "non-violent extremists" .

LG, by contrast, has plumped for a member of the chaebol's founding family, Koo Bon-joon.

Another recent review, this time of what 11-14-year-olds should learn, also plumped for more cross-curricular learning.

As in other states, older white Democrats strongly preferred Mrs Clinton while younger ones plumped for Mr Obama.

In the largely Christian south, many voters plumped for the sitting president because of his roots there.

About 97% of Central Province's voters were officially said to have plumped for Mr Kibaki.

Richer and better-educated voters, along with private-sector workers, mostly plumped for Mr Serra instead.

Dr Yamanaka used skin cells from the face, whereas Dr Yu plumped for ones from the foreskin.

The committee plumped for the most experienced candidate.

They plumped for a third party ticket.

Mr Medvedev plumped for the premiership.

Yet in spite of such concerns, two well-known companies have recently plumped for dual leadership.

At last we plumped for the new house rather than the old one.

At last we plumped for the new house near our school.

In no fewer than 11 states that plumped for Mr Obama in 2008, Republicans hope to win over legislative chambers.

Next, look at the 81 votes in five big swing states which plumped for Mr Obama in 2008: Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin.

French-speakers in the south plumped for Socialists, who want to keep the country together.

He plumped for the Labor Party; I backed Kennedy in 1960.

I plumped for Harrison-he's the right man for the job.

We couldn't decide which car to buy, but we finally plumped for the red one.

In last year's election many younger voters plumped for Marina Silva, a PT dissident running for the Green Party.