


(14) Not only does it reinforce an impression of government incompetence, it perpetuates the idea of benefits as an unconditional entitlement and allows a choosy graduate to suit herself at the taxpayers' expense.(13) Second, they are seriously bloody choosy about who they feed.(12) The offspring of choosy females have not only a Fisherian reproductive advantage but also greater viability.
CHOOSY DEFINITION SERIES
(11) After a frenzy of demand for flotations early in the year, investors have become more choosy after a series of IPOs left them out of pocket.(10) Anecdotally, agents report that there are fewer purchasers and that those purchasers looking to buy are both cautious and choosy.(9) Some quantifiers are not choosy: we can talk about "more pebbles" or "more gravel".(8) Throughout their evolution males must have evolved adaptations to overcome these barriers, and the conflicting interests of choosy females.(7) Even before recent market falls, investors had become more choosy after a series of IPOs left them out of pocket during the flotation frenzy early this year.(6) More choosy females are more constant in expressing their preference, producing greater frequency dependence in the selection of the males.(5) Would that be 'selective' in the 'so-choosy-you'll-die-alone' meaning of the word?.(4) "Despite rock bottom interest rates making mortgages cheaper than they have been for years, lenders are still very choosy about who they will lend to.(3) Therefore any cost to choice causes choosiness to decline.(2) One banner singled out the labour minister, Elsa Fornero, who recently warned graduates not to be "choosy" about jobs when they enter the job market.(1) Some quantifiers are choosy as to which they apply to.
