"have preference" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to indicate that someone has an inclination or preference for something. For example, "I have a preference for red wine over white wine."
The Chinese are the highest and best quality players in the world, so they'll have preference.
"I don't think that the man most responsible for what happened here in Kosovo should have preference".
It might even be possible to stipulate that any shares left with the underwriter (the government) would have preference status.
These reforms would remove the right of men to have preference over women in succession to the crown, and also remove any discrimination against Catholics.
There are two lists: one for insiders seeking to move to different apartments on the premises, who have preference over outsiders, and the other for outsiders.
The newspaper wants to let workers who crossed picket lines be the first to keep their jobs; the Guild wants workers with the most seniority to have preference, and it wants everyone back to work within 90 days.
Senor de Pinies, Spanish representative on the Committee of Twenty-four, argued that the creation of new, self-determining political entity on Gibraltar violated the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht which required that if Gr. Britain relinquished sovereignty over Gibraltar Spain should have preference in taking over.
BLOOMBERG NEWS Olympusus's Lender Said to Have Preference for Chairman | While the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation denied it was trying to take control of Olympus's board by stealth, an unidentified executive at the company told Reuters that Sumitomo was leaning toward a former banker to be the next chairman, Reuters reports.
If same-sex marriage becomes a cultural norm, Mr. Brown warns, heterosexual couples will no longer have preference over gay men and lesbians in adoptions, schoolchildren will be taught that same-sex parenting is normal, and those who oppose it will be labeled bigots.
