Example sentences of "[noun pl] take [noun] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method used is one where the development of skills and ideas takes precedence over the accumulation of academic facts for their own sake . |
| 2 | Much of our ‘ truancy ’ is condoned by parents , where family needs take priority over the school . |
| 3 | The legal profession is not always entirely blameless in these matters , for there is often left in the minds of interested people the suspicion that , in the courts of law the scoring of points and the winning of cases takes precedence over the desire to administer justice and establish truth . |
| 4 | ‘ No , not really , ’ said Constance , and Scarlet felt herself concurring in an age-old belief that , when it came to the point , the closing of ranks took precedence over the wellbeing of the stranger within the gates . |
| 5 | It was at Montreuil in Ponthieu that a series of Anglo-French meetings took place over the issues of sovereignty and homage in 1306 . |
| 6 | It is probable that elsewhere , too , local interests took priority over the problems of the Angevin family . |
| 7 | The negotiations took place over the course of a year between autumn 1990 and summer 1991 , and could be characterized as the centre progressively conceding to the demands of the republics for more independence . |
| 8 | Drill the two fixing holes and mount all on-board components taking care over the polarity of diodes D2 to D3 and of electrolytic capacitors C4 , C5 and C6 . |
| 9 | Inevitably , the functions of recruitment , training and payment of employees take priority over the provision of statistical information . |