Sentence examples for first preferences for from inspiring English sources

At its crudest, the word on the doorsteps will be that unionist first preferences for Mr Nicholson and the Ulster Unionists will put grave-robbers in government.

My first preference for Jones won't have the effect of helping Johnson … because only first preferences for Johnson, or significant abstentions by all non-Johnson voters, can do that.

My first preference for Jones won't have the effect of helping Johnson in that direction, because only first preferences for Johnson, or significant abstentions by all non-Johnson voters, can do that.

Almost 1,000 people have put St Ives as their first preference for a home.

"The first preference for everybody in labor is the original bill," he said.

This morning, I actually voted for Andy Burnham as my first preference for Labour leader.

A poll by YouGov for The Times found Corbyn was the first preference for 43% of party supporters – way ahead of bookies' favourite Andy Burnham on 26%.

This said: "Selective schools are almost 50% more popular than non-selective schools when comparing a parent's first preference for their child".

O'Brien may or may not have tipped his hand when he listed the Mile as his first preference for Rock of Gibraltar when the pre-entries were announced last week.

The ordinary voters Bagehot encountered this week on the campaign trail wanted to talk about something more down to earth: the public's experience of democracy, and whether AV might possibly improve it.In west Dorset, an AV supporter, Rikey Austin, talked of yearning to cast a first preference for the Greens after years of tactically voting Lib Dem.

Spiderlings exhibited a significant first preference for the original diet.