Sentence examples for was given preference from inspiring English sources

Machine building was given preference as light and consumer goods took second place.

The proceeding on appeal was given preference over all other business in the Appellate Court, and the judgment upon the appeal was made final after the expiration of one day.

The last two years, as Nova and David Phelps jockeyed for the final spot in the rotation, Nova was given preference in part because of his past success as a starter, his relative inexperience out of the bullpen, and because of Phelps's versatility pitching in both roles.

For example, the sequence of a species closer to the ancestor on the evolutionary tree, such as the lemur, was given preference over the sequence of a species farther down the tree, such as the hedgehog.

The heuristic was improved by Hopper and Turton (2001) bottom left fill (BLF) heuristic in which the gap that existed in between the already placed rectangle was given preference over the placement of the new rectangle.

The closest weather station was given preference as the source of weather data for a particular PTC site and the data from the second one were used to fill in for the missing data from the first station.

By permission, graduate students are given preference.

The problem, he said, was that incumbents are given preference.

Organizations with low administrative costs are given preference.

The Old Commander ordered that children be given preference.

(CEE, ENVE, and BEE students will be given preference).