Sentence examples for given preference to from inspiring English sources

To top it off, the law was in Rabbi Geisinsky's favor: New York courts have traditionally given preference to religious institutions in zoning disputes.

The board of the trust has given preference to hospitals, social service groups, education organizations and land preservation organizations in the Elizabeth area, in keeping with the types of charities that Mr. Grassmann chose when he was alive.

Justifying Pelham's policy up to now, Mayor Joseph E. Durnin Jr. said that if his village had not given preference to residents, "It would have been open season for anyone to use our station".

Almost six out of 10 say Jews should be given preference to Arabs in government jobs, 49% say Jewish citizens should be treated better than Arabs, 42% would not want to live in the same building as Arabs and the same number do not want their children going to school with Arabs.

As Justice Lewis Powell pointed out in the majority opinion, quoting from the amici curiae brief filed jointly for Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, and Penn, college admissions offices have always given preference to various types of candidates whose grades and standardized-test scores may be below average.

If I≠1, some networks will be given preference to transmit.

They tend to give preference to women, he said.

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

And North bravely passed instead of giving preference to clubs.

Several dozen cleaning contractors also agreed to give preference to laid-off janitors in future hiring.

Several dozen cleaning contractors also agreed to give preference to those janitors in future hiring.