(Broadcast journalists were given priority; we scribblers tagged behind, straining to hear what was said).
Locals and humanitarian organisations handed out baguettes and biscuits to women and toddlers, who were given priority on the buses.
To get more people off the waiting list, quick and easy operations were given priority over long complex ones.
Mr. Dittemore said the two space station missions were given priority to keep construction of the international project on schedule.
Highly favored were those coming from morally upstanding and "civilized" ethnic backgrounds, and therefore German and Italian immigrants were given priority.
Forensic experts were given priority at the crime scene, which was left strewn with dust, rubble, and equipment used by the gang.
It was aimed at reuniting families, so applicants who had immediate family living in the United States — children, spouses, siblings, parents — were given priority.
Forensic experts were given priority at the crime scene, which was left strewn with dust, rubble and equipment used by the gang.
After 1850 public works, railways, and ports were given priority, but it was not until the 20th century that any sustained attack upon Portugal's economic difficulties was undertaken.
More recent and peer-reviewed articles were given priority in the selection process.The pre-hospital care system in Japan has developed as a mixture of U.S. and European systems.
Meals on wheels services were given priority, together with the work of core social work teams, said the Local Government Association, which represents 500 councils in England and Wales.
