Our sample sizes of both ferrets and badgers were biased toward females – which might be expected in species that are intrasexually territorial – might have made it easier to detect trends for females because of increased statistical power.

In the hands of a genuinely well-meaning Arts Council, it also means 'power', exercised by some genuinely well-meaning quangocrat.

The hawk mewed his feathers.

Sapiosexuality is getting aroused not by the physical appearance of a person, but through his or her intelligence.