Sentence examples for * precedence in from inspiring English sources

There was a procession, precedence in which was strictly regulated, and the main ceremonial was preceded by sacrifices to a number of deities.

There is precedence in the English game.

It was first, and firsts get precedence in memory.

Sound takes precedence in Jonah Winter's "Jazz Age Josephine".

The sheer scale of the carnage took precedence in the public mind.

Bercow says he is opposed to the way privy counsellors take precedence in debates.

The things that happen now have approximate precedence in the past.

Other aspects of my extra-curricular life took precedence in my uni application," he says.

The second dinner party, which the Prime Minister was attending, took precedence in his mind.

But behind it lay a more beguiling, pliant lyricism that took precedence in Italy.

Professors who are awarded such contracts receive precedence in promotions and raises.