Yes I admit that my sentences were not much better in meaning. There what I wanted to focus on is I have always seen the word "priority" is used like "priority is given to ......", at the beginning of a sentence and most of the time in a passive sentence but I wanted to know whether it can be used putting in the middle of a sentence (passive), for example "Minority applicants are given the priority in the admission process.". Considering all of your comments I think it can be used. Am I right?
Let me give you another example; "The employee is paid the salary at the end of each month." = "The salary is paid to the employee at the end of each month."