Example sentences of "[noun] take precedence over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Statute takes precedence over contract and other legal obligations . |
| 2 | Wayne Shelford says talent takes precedence over patriotism |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In China the position was normally the reverse ; family and lineage took precedence over duty to the ruler . |
| 5 | I noticed Dennis took precedence over the foot run by Pat , but he , he |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 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 | If obedience to the Law takes precedence over human need then there is something wrong with the Law . |
| 9 | 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 . " |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | your , your duty under article five is to be guided by the European court and indeed yes the competition law takes precedence over consideration of solvency and protection of policy holders , these are matters which can be reconciled under article eighty five three , not eighty five one |
| 12 | This is presumably not Clinton 's intention , but illustrates short-term advantages taking precedence over long-term objectives . |
| 13 | As some observers noted , the new regulation establishes the principle that environmental concerns take precedence over commercial arguments . |
| 14 | The method used is one where the development of skills and ideas takes precedence over the accumulation of academic facts for their own sake . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | Wickham might have commented that his business took precedence over a vote on the future of the chewing gum industry , but his priorities were not a politician 's priorities . |
| 17 | Rousseau , who was an incurable romantic , wanted to preserve the community of innocent and primitive social life , but wanted the community to take precedence over the rights of its individual members . |
| 18 | Husbands are usually higher earners than their wives and their jobs or carers take precedence over those of women . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | You should understand that knowledge takes precedence over corpses . |
| 22 | Undertakers rarely advertised , for theirs was — and remains — a trade where discretion took precedence over high-profile marketing and one would not see an undertaker publishing testimonials from satisfied customers . |
| 23 | Defining abuse can allow the relative power of the carer to take precedence over the plight of the older person . |
| 24 | Even in India today , where certain animals are considered sacred and where the life of the spirit and contemplation take precedence over the development of the material world , this is an important handicap to the development of the Indian economy . |
| 25 | Any statutory rules will of course take precedence over contractual rules . |
| 26 | The modern obsession with transplantation takes precedence over finding the causes of organ disease . |
| 27 | On each occasion exchange-rate policy took precedence over the introduction of monetary and fiscal policy appropriate to the needs of the economy . |
| 28 | Males were above females and age took precedence over youth . |
| 29 | There is no doubt that the US needed a relatively stable ally and that reconstructing the Japanese economy took precedence over nurturing democratic ideals . |
| 30 | the ship 's radio officer was catching up on a backlog of communications ; some outgoing messages from passengers took precedence over ice warnings |