Sentence examples for Who is preferred from inspiring English sources

The man Mr Hatoyama beat to lead the DPJ (but who is preferred by voters), Katsuya Okada, is already scouring Japan's smaller parties for potential allies.The LDP is also readying for battle.

Basāvan, who is preferred by some to Dasvant, painted in a very distinctive style, which delighted in the tactile and the plastic, and with an unerring grasp of psychological relationships.

Kensington Palace sources say the choice is a tight one between ITV's news anchor Tom Bradby, who is preferred by Prince William, and Prince Harry's strong favourites Ant and Dec. Harry argues that the Saturday Night Takeaway presenters would reach a different demographic and be particularly appealing to "people in the north with accents".

Then, Warner tried to pull Tim Bresnan – who was preferred to Chris Tremlett as England's third seamer – but mistimed the shot.

It proved a match too far for the American pair, who were preferred by captain Tom Watson over Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, who did not appear in the morning fourballs.

In a primary last week, the 38-year-old defeated a 72-year-old white man who was preferred by the local Democratic establishment.

In an interview in 2008 the centre forward, who was preferred by Australian selectors to Date, said: "He should have been in but he wasn't.

Eden Hazard, who was preferred up front when Costa was dropped four weeks ago, is only just back from a hip injury and remains without a club goal since May.

It was the Lancashire bowler who was preferred at Old Trafford, as he had been in the previous match at Edgbaston, but it was not productive with just three wickets, two of them tailend batsmen, in four innings.

Nobody summed this up better than Ray Parlour, who was preferred to Edu in midfield largely because Wenger felt his combative qualities would be better suited to a London derby with a recent history of physical, fractious encounters.

Black and white precincts consistently support different candidates for the Council, the suit says, adding that "white bloc voting usually results in the defeat of candidates who are preferred by black voters".