| It spread rapidly, to the detriment of Spanish, because it was the new language of government, preferment, and education. |
| We cannot function as a country if there is politically and legally sanctioned preferment for one group. |
| Courtenay's aristocratic connections carried him rapidly up the ladder of preferment. |
| His aristocratic and clerical connections ensured his rapid preferment, but he was only a minor pluralist. |
| I think they are more in touch with the part of their organisation that will provide them with preferment in their party. |
| The most credible left wing candidates for succession or preferment would not change much of the last manifesto. |
