Sentence examples for preferred awards from inspiring English sources

Canary and citrus shades of yellow dominated — T's cover girl Claire Danes winning in sunny, strapless Lanvin — while midnight lace and armor-like embellishments proved that subtlety (and flattery) are still an actress's preferred awards ceremony statement.

Representative Sherwood Boehlert, a New York Republican and chairman of the House Science Committee, said he preferred awards on merit, after peer review, but "most of the earmarks, and there are some exceptions, shouldn't embarrass anybody who looks at them".

Employers prefer awarding comp time to paying overtime, said J. William Gagne Jr., a Wethersfield lawyer who has practiced labor law for 25 years.

Committee members prefer awarding the Games to different regions of the globe, and Pyeongchang has the advantage of being in Asia, where the Winter Games have been held only twice, in 1998 and 1972.

"I would have probably preferred an award for pole vaulting or an Oscar or something," she joked.

Over the past week, Berlin has consistently argued against being rushed into a new bailout, preferring to award Greece a new bridging loan to pay off a debt payment of €3.2bn due to the European Central Bank next week.

However, it will set in train a safety net - where students whose university closes or withdraws from offering the course they are on - can be guaranteed they will be able to transfer to another institution or, if they prefer, be awarded compensation.

We reconfirmed our position and we believed that we would be awarded preferred bidder status on Friday morning.

The outcome of the inquiry will be a huge relief to West Ham, who were awarded preferred bidder status back in February.

The university automatically awards all preferred minorities, regardless of their background, academic performance, or life experiences, 20 points to their "selection index" score -- or roughly the equivalent of one full grade point (on a 4.0 scale) based solely on their race.

Over the course of the evening, all the Puppy finalists save one ended below "no award," meaning the voters preferred not to give the award at all than to give it to a finalist on a slate.