Below you will find example sentences with "preferred candidate". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Preferred Candidate in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: preferred
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.5 words

Words in this phrase

preferred candidate

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • preferred can mean: simple past and past participle of prefer Frequent word
  • candidate can mean: A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a more preferred candidate if there 1× after her preferred candidate in the 1× any less preferred candidate over any 1× any more preferred candidate 1× be the preferred candidate in the 1× chairman s preferred candidate 1× favour the preferred candidate 1× helping their preferred candidate 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

akanmode added that 1× akpabio a former 1× an optimal approval 1× approval voting boston 1× each voter put 1× ginger a former 1×

Common sentence endings:

s preferred candidate 2× a long shot 1× as compromise choices 1× by snp hq 1× candidate on wednesday 1× candidates or more 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

vote 4× votes 4× approval 3× candidates 3× voting 3× voter 3× optimal 2× ballot 2× beside 2× voters 2× less 2× former 2×

Related phrases

presidential candidate governorship candidate party candidate preferred shares preferred stock apc candidate parliamentary candidate pdp candidate series preferred preferred choice

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around preferred:

preferred stock 9× series preferred 7× preferred choice 6× preferred securities 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

preferred choice preferred securities preferred shares preferred stock pregnancy center pregnancy test

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

preferred shares preferred stock preferred choice preferred securities

Same ending:

presidential candidate governorship candidate party candidate apc candidate parliamentary candidate pdp candidate

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "preferred candidate" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a more preferred candidate if there, after her preferred candidate in the, vote, votes and approval stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with presidential candidate, governorship candidate, party candidate, preferred stock, series preferred and preferred choice, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with preferred candidate

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

It also referenced apparent confusion concerning the ailing utility's preferred candidate. (12 words)

PDP stalwarts said Mr Uba was Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP National Chairman's preferred candidate. (15 words)

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for WTO DG, was named the most preferred candidate on Wednesday. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Approval Voting, Boston: Birkhäuser, p. 29 They also give a specific definition of a sincere approval vote in terms of the voter's ordinal preferences as being any vote that, if it votes for one candidate, it also votes for any more preferred candidate. (44 words)

But even they must have done a double-take when their preferred candidate started talking about placing a giant ‘independence thermometer’ in Glasgow or Edinburgh, in order for the country’s readiness for independence to be displayed. (37 words)

It is widely believed that Mr Yousaf is the preferred candidate of Ms Sturgeon and the wider party hierarchy, with Ms Regan previously claiming that his supporters were being "bussed in" to hustings events by SNP HQ. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Akanmode added that a serving commissioner in the state served as the agent of the preferred candidate while other government officials wrote the names of selected delegates to favour the preferred candidate.

An optimal approval vote always votes for the most preferred candidate and not for the least preferred candidate.

In the most common ballot design, they place a '1' beside their most preferred candidate, a '2' beside their second most preferred, and so on.

Voters exaggerate the difference between a certain pair of candidates but do not rank any less-preferred candidate over any more-preferred one.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for WTO DG, was named the most preferred candidate on Wednesday.

Approval Voting, Boston: Birkhäuser, p. 29 They also give a specific definition of a sincere approval vote in terms of the voter's ordinal preferences as being any vote that, if it votes for one candidate, it also votes for any more preferred candidate.

However, an optimal vote can require voting for a candidate and not voting for a more preferred candidate if there 4 candidates or more.

In the second round each voter is entirely free to change the candidate he votes for, even if his preferred candidate has not yet been eliminated but he has merely changed his mind.

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Some voters support only their single favored candidate when they perceive the other candidates more as competitors to their preferred candidate than as compromise choices.

Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, was the preferred candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the contest.

But even they must have done a double-take when their preferred candidate started talking about placing a giant ‘independence thermometer’ in Glasgow or Edinburgh, in order for the country’s readiness for independence to be displayed.

Ginger, a former Council Chairman, defeated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s preferred candidate and his immediate past Chief of Staff, Professor Anthony Agbazuere.

In 1986, Stone, then the Republican mayor, endorsed Democrat John Polhemus for freeholder after her preferred candidate in the general election, Rosemarie Albanese, lost the GOP primary to White Township Committeeman Harold Reeves.

It also referenced apparent confusion concerning the ailing utility's preferred candidate.

I think we have learned that the American people only object to election interference by foreign actors when it's not helping their preferred candidate.

It is widely believed that Mr Yousaf is the preferred candidate of Ms Sturgeon and the wider party hierarchy, with Ms Regan previously claiming that his supporters were being "bussed in" to hustings events by SNP HQ.

PDP stalwarts said Mr Uba was Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP National Chairman's preferred candidate.

Polls have shown that if John Tory were running, he would be the preferred candidate in the race by a long shot.

Each voter put a check mark next to their preferred candidate, then dropped it in a ballot box waiting for them at well-marked precinct tables.

His preferred candidate is Robinson, precisely because he’s less of a threat in the long term. Wait out the outrage cycle, Vincent believes, and he can retake the throne after the current occupant embarrasses himself.

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