Sentence examples for preferred ahead of from inspiring English sources

Wade showed great composure in a timely show of leadership, having been under pressure to deliver after being preferred ahead of Test wicketkeeper Peter Nevill.

Malcolm, who will be a member of the relay squad in Bremen, claimed he "was totally cool" about Devonish being preferred ahead of him for the 200m.

Louis Deacon is back in contention for a place in the matchday squad after injury, with Matt Smith likely to be preferred ahead of the Bath-bound Dan Hipkiss at outside centre.

Head-to-head... Roman Pavlyuchenko v Ammar Jemal Pavlyuchenko's late goal has kept Tottenham alive in the tie, and the Russian, who has some Champions League experience with Spartak Moscow, should be preferred ahead of the injured Jermain Defoe.

Care has been preferred ahead of long-term rival Ben Youngs in the number nine jersey for the trip to Edinburgh, while Marler has been given the nod ahead of Mako Vunipola.

Cipriani, who made two replacement appearances during the summer tour to New Zealand, benefits from Owen Farrell's Championship-ending knee injury and has been preferred ahead of Stephen Myler to cover for Ford.

Mr. Hagin has been the quiet, steady, behind-the-scenes force that makes the White House run, keeping the president on time — or, as Mr. Bush prefers, ahead of schedule.

You tell Calendly which meeting times you prefer ahead of scheduling something.

In a final act of hubris that proved politically fatal, Mugabe seemed hell-bent on making his fifty-two-year-old wife, Grace Mugabe, his preferred successor, ahead of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his seventy-five-year-old long-standing and loyal ally, a veteran of the liberation struggle, and a popular succession candidate within ZANU-P.F.

Groin pain in athletes was the group's preferred umbrella term ahead of others such as athletic pubalgia, athletic groin pain, sports groin pain, athletes' groin, etc because it is clearly descriptive.

Villas-Boas will find himself caught between the devil and the deep blue sea tonight, as he'll surely be anxious to pick a team that's strong enough to see off tonight's Slovenian opposition, but not so strong that he'll need to use key players he might prefer to rest ahead of Sunday's match against the Premier League champions.