The UK endeavor to bring all warring factions of Somalia to London in February must be welcomed by all Somalis regardless of their regional background and political preferences.

"There's good and bad in everyone, regardless of their gender or preferences."

Regardless of their political agendas, ideological preferences or religious persuasions, every new generation of South Slav historians and politicians appropriates Njegoš's work hoping to find enough quotations to validate their own views.

Reflecting on Twelfth Night, Hazlitt considered that his own preference for tragedy could be in part due to his own "saturnine" temperament, and asserted that, regardless of individual preferences, Shakespeare was as skilled in comedy as in tragedy.

Coke's expansion into overseas markets has for years led with Coca-Cola, regardless of local preferences.

This shows regardless of our biology and sensory reaction, our consumption behaviour and preferences are influenced by the environment, in this case the perception of brands.

A Wall Street Journal editorial criticized the ruling, saying that the legislation would "convert insurers into government contractors in the business of fulfilling political demands... All citizens will be required to pay into this system, regardless of their individual needs or preferences.

Salmond's campaign is perceived as having momentum and that, in combination with the promise of change, is likely to prove a more succesful strategy for getting ticks in boxes than is a largely negative campaign against change, regardless of overall preferences.

It is merely the way the word has been conventionally used in this context, in a common understanding that existed regardless of prescriptive preferences.