Sentence examples for given some preference from inspiring English sources

Would we seriously question whether or not an excellent musician, artist or debater should be given some preference in the admission process?

E. Charles Hunt, executive vice president of the Greater New York Chapters of the New York State Restaurant Association, was also critical of the Salvation Army, saying, "They certainly should have given some preference to the people in the Lower Manhattan area".

If one figure in particular is key, please indicate that it should be given some preference in sizing.

Seven states already ban any consideration of race in admission to state schools, and to varying degrees, their colleges have responded with "race-blind" ways to achieve diversity, like distributing admissions among all public high schools, recruiting aggressively in poorer communities and giving some preference to low-income applicants and those from underperforming schools.

We've got to live with these problems — and to me it ought to be some type of priority for the people who live under these conditions twelve months out of the year should be given some type of preference as to what our future is.

In the introductory session, you gave us some preferences for what you would like to do in the early morning.

In the introductory session, you gave us some preferences as to what TV programmes you like to watch and what sorts of snacks and drinks that you prefer to eat.

Here one may specify preferences that hold by default, in a particular context, or give preferences among preferences.

The patient gave some indication of his preferences to the researcher about his wishes.

When imagining the preferred weaponry of the twenty-first-century jihadist terrorist, the pen might not be the first thing to come to mind, given the preference that some Al Qaeda adherents have demonstrated for the sword.

If a tie still occurred, NM transcripts were given preference to XM transcripts, XM given preference to NR, and NR given preference to XR.