Sentence examples for be given preference over from inspiring English sources

Should "an appropriate decision" be given preference over an "officially correct" judgment?

Projects initiated by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), public, and nonprofit organizations will be given preference over startup ventures and companies.

With any luck, we are approaching a period in which solid achievement will be given preference over superficial charm.

But in his presidential campaign, he has unsettled some black supporters by focusing increasingly on class and suggesting that poor whites should at times be given preference over more privileged blacks.

Those offered priority access would have to be able to prove they have lived in the area for as long as two years, a way of reassuring local communities that they will be given preference over newcomers.

Because the continued existence of protected minority cultures ultimately contributes to the good of all and the enrichment of the dominant culture, those theorists have argued that the preserving of cultures that cannot withstand the pressures to assimilate into a dominant culture can be given preference over the usual norm of equal rights for all.

Young forwards Bertrand Traoré and Kenedy were given preference over Djilobodji.

Themba Maseko, the chief government spokesman, said that the welfare of the perpetrators had been given preference over that of the victims.

Under the lottery system, students who will be in their 3L year during their semesters abroad are given preference over students who will be in their 2L year.

Students who have never before registered at MIT are given preference over continuing students, who are presumed to be familiar with the Cambridge area.

If bondholders' worst fears are realized, and local Parmalat debtholders are given preference over foreign investors without reason, some say they will desert the market.