Example sentences of "take precedence over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Very serious grounds are needed to infringe anonymity , and it is generally accepted even by the Swedish judiciary that the public 's right to be informed takes precedence over law and order considerations , ’ said Ms Frances D'Souza , director of Article 19 , the International Campaign against Censorship . |
| 2 | What a relief it is to know the name of the instrumentalist or conductor concerned and to listen to a programme of records where music takes precedence over ‘ talk for talk 's sake ’ . |
| 3 | And as you must realise , that summons takes precedence over any other . ’ |
| 4 | The literary bias of British film reviewing has rarely been quite so plainly stated — Coward is the established name , his reputation guaranteed by years of theatrical success , hence he takes precedence over the mere maker of pictures . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The next building block is our family priority in which our spouse actually takes precedence over the rest of the family . |
| 7 | As a result of this case the UK is now obliged to change its legislation because Community law takes precedence over conflicting national law . |
| 8 | The modern obsession with transplantation takes precedence over finding the causes of organ disease . |
| 9 | If obedience to the Law takes precedence over human need then there is something wrong with the Law . |
| 10 | Wayne Shelford says talent takes precedence over patriotism |
| 11 | The abiding and mounting preoccupation with preserving the natural world frequently , and quite rightly , takes precedence over the ravages and institutional vandalism of our fellow human beings . |
| 12 | This was a rather naïve reaction on the part of Bell ; as the senior presidential advisers knew only too well , there is always a danger that cabinet members will develop a relationship with their department that takes precedence over their loyalty to the president and his programme . |
| 13 | The method used is one where the development of skills and ideas takes precedence over the accumulation of academic facts for their own sake . |
| 14 | Perhaps not in the sense of de Maria or Ericson and Ziegler but surely so in the sense that the idea of it often takes precedence over all other of its aspects . |
| 15 | Be prepared , though , for a finale where breadth of utterance takes precedence over driving tensions . |
| 16 | The 1967 White Paper at paragraph 23 , states the government 's intention to be that " community law takes precedence over the domestic law of the member states . " |
| 17 | For field staff , common sense takes precedence over their scientific inclinations . |
| 18 | It therefore takes precedence over national law : Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato v. Simmenthal S.p.A . |
| 19 | The rule is that EC competition law takes precedence over UK law , though this has not prevented merger cases being examined by both jurisdictions ( e.g. British Airways/British Caledonian , 1987 ) . |
| 20 | You should understand that knowledge takes precedence over corpses . |
| 21 | In Johnson 's report , the education offered by the city takes precedence over any popular descriptions or concerns , beginning with an interest in the fact that Hector Boece or Boethius became the first President of the King 's College , in 1494 , at the instigation of Bishop William Elphinstone , effectively the founder of Aberdeen University — whose tomb may still be seen . |
| 22 | In that household , it 's likely that adults come first by a long way ; children are expected to conform , and tidiness takes precedence over fun . |
| 23 | The differing motives of collectors suggests that for some viewers content does takes precedence over form , and vice versa . |
| 24 | This Community law is applied through the courts of the Member States , where it takes precedence over any national law ; Martin Howe again : |
| 25 | SHAK LO MUN GRAM When the urge to continue sleeping takes precedence over all things |
| 26 | This is as far as I can get with my researches for now , because after lunch I have to go to the Treasury , with my colleague Jane Showell , for a meeting of the joint working party on Sunningdale ; not even death takes precedence over the Treasury . |
| 27 | It takes precedence over any conflicting common law and is superior to the conventions of the Constitutions and to works of authority . |
| 28 | Statute takes precedence over contract and other legal obligations . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) Will conflicts like the following restrict you ? ( a ) Conflicts of client interest ( the traditional conflicts ) : in many firms with mixed practices , the partners ' interest in maintaining work from insurers or corporate clients nearly always takes precedence over their interest in private plaintiffs . |
| 30 | Then there is the slack legislation passed by parliamentarians far removed from the sharp end of society and the liberal-minded intellectuals living in ‘ Cloud-cuckoo-land ’ where tolerance for the assailant takes precedence over the suffering of the victim . |