Example sentences of "[noun pl] take precedence over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes a theoretical framework prescribes that particular factors are considered causally prior to others ; Marxists , for example , assume that in the last instance economic variables take precedence over cultural , political variables . |
| 2 | This is presumably not Clinton 's intention , but illustrates short-term advantages taking precedence over long-term objectives . |
| 3 | As some observers noted , the new regulation establishes the principle that environmental concerns take precedence over commercial arguments . |
| 4 | The method used is one where the development of skills and ideas takes precedence over the accumulation of academic facts for their own sake . |
| 5 | ‘ Please do n't worry about it , ’ said Julia , childishly hurt that he was not prepared to let her needs take precedence over his work , but struggling as usual to be reasonable . |
| 6 | Husbands are usually higher earners than their wives and their jobs or carers take precedence over those of women . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | the ship 's radio officer was catching up on a backlog of communications ; some outgoing messages from passengers took precedence over ice warnings |
| 9 | Even as other abolitionists refused that logic they were unable to find any means of reasserting the vitality of the emancipation cause and of recovering an integrated antislavery culture such that loyalty to their identity as abolitionists took precedence over religious and political differences . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | With their own vested interests taking precedence over everything else , they resorted to the tactics of terror , intimidation and victimisation against those workers suspected of having labour or trade union sympathies , and with their considerable economic clout they simply bought the opinions of the government bureaucracy . |
| 12 | So children take precedence over animals and other human beings generally do also . |
| 13 | In all professional considerations the interests of clients within their prescribed or legitimate requirements take precedence over all other interests . |
| 14 | In other policy areas , as noted previously , all EC policy rules take precedence over national policy , though DGIV is unlikely to get involved with competition in national domestic markets unless trade within the Community is potentially affected . |
| 15 | By the spring of 1993 at least nine republics or regions within the Russian Federation were insisting that their own laws took precedence over those of the Federation as a whole , and the Chechen republic had gone still further and declared itself a fully independent state . |
| 16 | It stated that Karelia 's constitution and laws took precedence over those of the Russian Federation and the Soviet Union , but that some of Karelia 's state powers were voluntarily delegated to Russia , of which it remained part . |
| 17 | Russia 's sovereignty should involve the Russian constitution and laws taking precedence over those of the Soviet Union ; a separate Russian citizenship ; Russian ownership of its economic wealth and resources ; the right to formulate economic reform policies separately from the union ; and independence in foreign policy . |
| 18 | Psycho-history no doubt has its value , and can often provide valuable insights , but its major difficulty ( the opposite of the naturalistic problem ) is that by and large theoretical constructs take precedence over empirical evidence . |