11.   The faculty advisers, officials said, were chosen by public school officials, with senior teachers getting preference as required by union rules.

12.   Venezuelan nationals initially will get preference in the securities sales, and foreign investors will be allowed to participate only after national demand is met, officials said.

13.   Agreements between Spain and Argentina mean Argentines of any background get preference in jobs over immigrants from most other countries, according to immigration lawyer Maria Luisa Fernandez.

14.   Boys get preference in education in this conservative Islamic society.

15.   But in an auction, no one gets preference.

16.   He said laid-off employees will get preference in hiring when the hotel reopens.

17.   Those with permits got preference for renewal when the permit expired, and permit-holders could own the fences they built on public land.