Example sentences of "the primacy [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth noting that it was not the Committee 's objective to assert directly the primacy of English over classics , but instead to capture for their subject some of the cultural authority invested in classics for an altered social and educational purpose . |
| 2 | Criticizing the orthodox Marxism which regarded dialectics as an external law validated by natural science , Lukács argued for the primacy of history over economics as the most significant element in the methodology of Marxism . |
| 3 | Using the work of social anthropologists and social psychologists to get closer to an understanding of the unique parts of Japanese culture , great play has been made of the primacy of group over individual interests . |
| 4 | It is this declaration which symbolises the primacy of cohesiveness over stability , and it arose , one must recall , not in response to the avowed enemies of Socialism , but to a loyal leadership which demonstrated the will and ability to deal with society on society 's terms . |
| 5 | Typically this has meant that economic policy has emphasised the primacy of industry over agriculture , investment over consumption and exports over imports . |
| 6 | Some experiments will be conducted where video sequences of voice and face do not match ; and , in order to evaluate the primacy of face over voice , the onset of each will be varied . |