Example sentences of "the priority [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wears the obligatory half-a-ton of metal round his neck and backwards basebell cap , and the album sleeve even includes the credit Footwear by Adidas — which gives a good idea of the priorities involved here . |
| 2 | She is right to draw attention to the priorities involved in enhancing safety . |
| 3 | The change would be nonetheless profound for it would involve a revaluation of the priorities given to these claims for attention . |
| 4 | ‘ When other factors , such as the history of vandalism in the neighbourhood of a particular school and value of contents within the building are taken into account , the priorities become clearer . ’ |
| 5 | However , in the late 1970s they stated quite categorically that they were not able to take an initiative on the priorities set down in national policy . |
| 6 | The priorities set are as follows : |
| 7 | The priorities revealed by this governmental advice , and the effects which the introduction of this technological development may have on relations between those who use non-domestic premises , are discussed here by means of a comparison . |
| 8 | It is certainly true that the priorities favoured by one style of management have no guarantee of being upheld by another . |
| 9 | The priorities used are RESUS , Major A , Major B , Minor A and Minor B. The ENP saw only Minor category patients . |
| 10 | In November last year , at a conference held by the G M B we highlighted the priorities needed to deal with these regulations . |
| 11 | For our purposes , the executive will be understood to refer to the body of government ministers together with permanent senior officials ( bureaucrats ) who are involved in the basic decisions over what policy proposals to initiate and pursue and the priority to give them . |
| 12 | If the latter makes a search , the priority extends to cover the transfer , too , or the lease where there is a lease instead of a transfer ; but note that the converse is n't true , so the mortgagee must always search , and should n't rely on any search made by the borrower , who can properly rely on the search made by his or her mortgagee . |
| 13 | The priority selected was the daily strewing of articles which her mother had to pick up . |
| 14 | The Scottish Office decided on Wednesday or Thursday of last week to transfer that question under the priority written procedure to the Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 15 | Obviously , I did not receive an answer to my question from the Scottish Office and , even under the priority written procedure , I have not yet received an answer from the Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 16 | I supposed that I ought to have brought the Ghost down too , but the priority had been to save myself from what seemed like imminent electrocution . |
| 17 | It accepted that while there were arguments for a full scale review , the priority had to progress on an alteration which as quickly as possible , established the principle of a Greater York new settlement and progress on the greenbelt local plan . |
| 18 | In both countries , therefore , the priority given to education was reflected in high levels of expenditure . |
| 19 | There are specific difficulties affecting the primary sector such as the reduced ability to release teaching staff , the demands of National Curriculum implementation , a perceived lack of relevance and the priority given to the secondary sector by many companies . |
| 20 | One outward , visible sign — alongside a daily obedience to God — is the priority given to songs and expressions of worship . |
| 21 | Both this case , and Gomba Holdings UK Ltd v Minories Finance Ltd , which dealt with the taxation of a receiver 's costs ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 86 ) , indicate that the days of undisputed acceptance of insolvency practitioners ' fees are over — perhaps a natural reaction , given the recession and the priority given to the payment of such fees in an insolvency . |
| 22 | Inevitably the inequality in numbers was reflected in the priority given to issues . |
| 23 | As the level of county commitment to social education lessens it would seem to be a time for us as members of local parish , town and diocesan communities to look at the priority given to such work with our own young people . |
| 24 | Their belief that government activism can lead to benign policy changes has been echoed in the priority given by the administration to health care reform . |
| 25 | We have already seen how authority within companies is deemed legitimate when it is based on educational achievement and length of service ; attitudes towards public sector bureaucrats who occupy high office are likewise framed by the priority given to individual merit displayed by educational status . |
| 26 | Association with colleagues after working hours could be taken as an indication of the priority given to company matters but it may be reluctantly undertaken . |
| 27 | In so far as this book is a plea for some measure of reform in the priority given to sexual considerations in social work cases , public attitudes must be seen as creating obstacles . |
| 28 | The following examples , adapted from Firbas ( 1986 : 58 ) illustrate the priority given to context over linear arrangement . |
| 29 | Separating them out , however , signals the priority given by most parents to managing the economic dependency of living on state benefits as independently as possible . |
| 30 | Alongside the priority given to food and fuel goes a restriction of expenditure on items which are — or can be treated as — individual and less essential , like clothes , shoes , private transport and leisure . |