Sentence examples for given the preference from inspiring English sources

Pretence about the unity of the UK civil service looks even more threadbare given the preference of Scottish voters.

Given the preference ranking above, each of the five candidates has a reasonable case for being called the front-runner.

Though the sewer-pipe case in Zhejiang province in eastern China involved a baby boy, gender is often a factor given the preference for male children.

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.

Ever the individualist, Paul contends that only mano-a-mano contests should count and notes that given the preference rankings he beats each of the other candidates in a head-to-head race.

This has little to do with racism or discrimination but instead much to do with the separatism engendered in our supposedly "multifaith, multicultural society" – indeed it seems almost quaint to refer to a segment of society as "Asians", given the preference for a "faith identity".

If Congress passes such a law, it should also require universities to disclose whether they give preferences on the basis of race and ethnicity -- and, if so, how heavily such preferences are weighed, which groups are given the preferences and other information the Supreme Court has ruled is relevant to the legality of such discrimination.

α and β give the preference of this migrant for consumption in the host country and home country, respectively.

The corresponding curve of each MCM scheme reflects the final evaluation score, which gives the preference of the suitable scheme for future radio systems.

For maximization criterion, the preference function P j (s x,s y ) gives the preference of service provider s x over service provider s y for the observed deviations as defined below.

"They didn't keep a preference file, so I had to give the preferences and frequent flier and renter information every time I booked.