Sentence examples for are given preferential from inspiring English sources

Within each band, minority candidates are given preferential treatment.

Those living in neighbourhoods where all residents comply are given preferential access to loans and government-sponsored job-training schemes.

Positive discrimination, under which people from under-represented groups are given preferential treatment to improve an organisation's ethnic profile, is illegal under employment law.

Contrary to the notion that Muslims are given preferential treatment, it could be argued that in some ways the Muslim immigrants in Scandinavia are treated worse than the rest of the Scandinavian population.

That way, everyone is treated fairly: Your husband's work is recognized as inherently valuable, and your relatives are given preferential treatment — but not allowed to nail-gun your husband to the wall.

At Williams, a perennial winner of the Sears Cup given to the most successful overall athletic program in each division, 71 athletes are given preferential admission in a class of 550.

"We say this very guardedly, because we don't have direct evidence of teacher bias," Dr. French says, "but what it suggests is that teachers are giving preferential treatment" in grading.

He denied accusations that Mr. Hutomo had been given preferential treatment.

Many investors are concerned that Italian banks will be given preferential treatment in the bankruptcy process.

The Duke documents say the company should be given preferential treatment for its conciliatory stance.

"The lenders in Greece and abroad are being given preferential treatment over the Greek people".