1.   My effective vote could be my first preference vote, in which case all my other preferences are null and void.

2.   But the Louisiana Republican appeared to indicate that such a course was not his first preference.

3.   He reiterated Sunday that his first preference is to remain in Phoenix as long as he gets to play.

4.   In a society with a six-day workweek, flights on Friday nights or Saturdays are the first preference of the secular vacationer.

5.   Our support will not necessarily translate into a fall endorsement, nor will it preclude backing another candidate from the same party should our first preference lose the primary.

6.   Such subsidies are popular in Iowa, which hosts the first presidential preference voting next year, and Bradley now supports ethanol subsidies.

7.   The legislation would require states to give first preference to the poorest children.

8.   Therefore, it was assumed the New York Mets would be his first preference.

9.   Vaughn pledged that he would not talk about his contract situation again until after the season, and repeated that his first preference is to play in Boston.

10.   Gentlemen, however, also was pre-entered in the Mile on the grass, and that race is listed as the first preference for him.