1.   The preferred route lay along the coast of the Arabian peninsula, away from the deeper but vulnerable water on the Iranian side.

2.   These showed substantial public support for the need for the relief roads, and the preferred routes which have subsequently been selected.

3.   At a public meeting called by the Welsh Office almost three years ago, happy villagers were told that the preferred route was the Red one.

4.   He warned the preferred route would isolate the small community of Llanfair-yn-Neubwll, pass near wildlife conservation areas and cut across several public footpaths.

5.   Coun Caroline Seymour told the full council that it should not offer any preferred route to the public inquiry due in May.

6.   But chief executive Colin Spencer said the Government inspector would expect them to put forward a preferred route as a matter of policy.

7.   The county council has chosen its preferred route, from Stockton Station through Thornaby and Middlesbrough town centre to Ormesby.

8.   And shame on anyone who tells her that, next time, the Mass. Pike would be the preferred route.

9.   Bosnia, these officials say, is rapidly becoming a preferred route for smuggling drugs from Iran, through Turkey and into the rest of Europe.

10.   Actually, the preferred route will swing east of the city, cutting a swath through farms, ranches and rural settlements.