Example sentences of "[verb] take precedence over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The occasional over-indulgence on the odd night out — when ‘ a lot of what you fancy ’ has taken precedence over your normal eating habits — matters not . |
| 2 | This is expected to take precedence over their paid employment and their leisure . |
| 3 | Despite a range of domestic environmental controls introduced under the auspices of the state Environment Agency over the past 20 years , critics believe that industrial success and economic growth continue to take precedence over concerns such as imports of tropical timber , the use of controversial drift-nets by Japanese fishing fleets , and continuing industrial pollution of land and sea . |
| 4 | ‘ Nothing , but nothing , is ever allowed to take precedence over that meeting . |
| 5 | The differing motives of collectors suggests that for some viewers content does takes precedence over form , and vice versa . |
| 6 | Upholding the ‘ four fundamental principles ’ of Chinese communism , that is adhering to the socialist road , the dictatorship of the proletariat , the leadership of the Communist Party and Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought , had to take precedence over the ‘ four great freedoms ’ of being able to speak out freely , air views fully , hold debates and write large character posters . |
| 7 | Progress within bondage had to take precedence over liberation to secure the safety of any eventual freedom . |
| 8 | This is the point at which non-academic come to take precedence over academic criteria . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | SHAK LO MUN GRAM When the urge to continue sleeping takes precedence over all things |
| 11 | Moreover , the political interests of Eastern Europe 's regimes have taken precedence over the economic interests of society . |
| 12 | However , where the two virtues conflicted , loyalty tended to take precedence over filial piety . |