Sentence examples for first preference was from inspiring English sources
The administration's first preference was to amend or replace the treaty in talks with Russia.
When Johnson was asked whether his first preference was to remain with the Jets, he did not answer directly, leaving the door open to his endorsement of a trade.
A differentiated (different solutions for different areas) and integrated approach was assumed in which first preference was given to onsite treatment and reuse (Nhapi et al. 2002a, 2002b).
The broadly expressed acceptance of alternatives to the first preference was accompanied with concerns that adequate safeguards be put in place to protect trust that identifiable, and for some also anonymised, data were not going to be used in ways that people did not consider acceptable.
His first preference wasn't a rental service it was to sell movie downloads.
Though the UFA's first preference was for government ownership and operation of grain elevators, which Sifton refused, it gladly accepted the AFCEC, in which only farmers could hold shares and which was supported by provincial startup loans.
In assigning teaching positions, first preference is given to those required to teach for funding.
To state my own views, my first preference is eurobonds; my second is Germany leaving the euro.
Even Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's ambassador, felt forced to insist that "our first preference is a peaceful solution.
Palmer is considered something of a defensive liability and Brosius's first preference is to remain with the Yankees.
