Sentence examples for were given preference from inspiring English sources

Veterans were given preference and only two-parent families were eligible.

People who lived in the old blocks were given preference in getting the new apartments, as well as affordable rents.

Young forwards Bertrand Traoré and Kenedy were given preference over Djilobodji.

The time and the place were given preference by tradition, and that preference was anticipated by all.

Although some houses were offered only to buyers with limited incomes and neighborhood residents were given preference, most were offered to qualified buyers selected through a lottery.

The Assads are Alawites, as are many senior members of the regime: since Hafez al-Assad assumed power, in 1970, Alawites were given preference in state jobs.

In theory, minorities had the right to preserve or reform their language and customs, and their regions were given preferences in education and in development funding.

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.