Sentence examples for give preferences from inspiring English sources

Polls gauging support for programs that give "preferences" to minorities generally show majority opposition.

If they don't give preferences, they don't have a preference, they don't have a view on that sort of area," he said.

Generally, schools with more applicants than seats use a lottery, though most give preferences to students with siblings already at the school.

President Bush told a convention of 5,000 minority journalists on Friday that colleges should not give preferences for admission to the children of alumni, a position that put him at odds with his own history at Yale University.

We have to give preferences to communities in need — in education, say, but we do not need to change education, we need to protect it by giving support to the people who deserve it".

The vast majority of charter schools admit students based on a lottery, which can give preferences to students who live near the school and to groups of students the state identifies as "at risk".

They tend to give preference to women, he said.

(He does give preference to one group: orphans).

They give preference to people who are bleeding, who are near death, he said.

The guidelines for the guarantees give preference to applicants that obtain concessions from creditors and employees.

"We are a Catholic school, and we give preference to Catholics.