Sentence examples for a system of preferential from inspiring English sources

"The vital marketplace of ideas is paralysed by a system of preferential treatment", argued a recent report by the Writers Guild of America.

The parties to a system of preferential tariffs levy lower rates of duty on imports from one another than they do on imports from third countries.

Single Transferable Vote A system of preferential voting by which voters use numbers to list candidates in order of preference to elect several members in multi-member constituencies.

Leyonhjelm described the agreement between the government, the Greens and the independent senator Nick Xenophon to move to a system of optional preferential voting and abolish group voting tickets that allowed for backroom preference deals as a "dirty little deal".

Also, they can adopt the system of preferential taxation or even abolish customs duties altogether.

Australia's been using this system of preferential voting for almost 100 years - perhaps its time for the United States to consider the advantages and disadvantages rather than quash votes that don't belong to the two main political parties.

We cannot be complicit with a system of oppression in order to give our brethren preferential treatment.

The settlements are maintained through "a system of total segregation" between the settlers, who enjoy a preferential legal status, and the rest of the population, the report concludes.

In the work of James G. Miller [ 41] on living systems, it was postulated that by the information input of its charter or genetic input, or by changes in behavior brought about by rewards and punishments from its suprasystem, a system develops a preferential hierarchy of values that gives rise to decision rules which determine its preference for one internal steady-state value rather than another.

As a result, the deal would give Malcolm Turnbull the option of a double dissolution from 1 July onwards with a new Senate voting system of optional preferential voting.

However, the limited number of patients with manifestations in each of these systems precludes a definitive determination of preferential effects.