Sentence examples for being given preference from inspiring English sources

Through affirmative action plans, pushed by the federal government, they are being given preference for places in colleges and universities, apprenticeships, jobs, welfare payments, and free lunches.

Fulani herds are reported to favour female over male calves with females being given preference to suckle, achieving better nutrition (Coulomb et al. 1980; Dahl and Hjort 1976; Wagenaar et al. 1986).

For many districts, the choice has been between learning time and health time, with the former understandably being given preference.

Rioting erupted after two rallies in a 24-hour period over rumors that Armenian refugees from bloody ethnic strife in the Caucasus region were being given preference for new housing, Madzhidov said in a telephone interview.

In cases where the father, mother and child are reported as being given preference, it represented cases where the children were too young to sleep on their own and thus slept with their parents.

The structure with the highest resolution is selected from each cluster, X-ray crystallographic structures being given preference over NMR structures.

By permission, graduate students are given preference.

The problem, he said, was that incumbents are given preference.

Organizations with low administrative costs are given preference.

The Old Commander ordered that children be given preference.

(CEE, ENVE, and BEE students will be given preference).