Sentence examples for Enjoy precedence from inspiring English sources

The regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi in Libya sends Peoples Bureauss, which enjoy precedence under the present rules.

By 400 the patriarch of Constantinople (to his avowed embarrassment) enjoyed precedence at court before all civil officials.

Throughout the early part of Hygeberht's episcopate, Jænberht of Canterbury was the senior archbishop and enjoyed precedence, although after Jænberht's death in 792 Hygeberht became the foremost prelate in southern England.

Americans do not enjoy moral precedence over Indians.

The right to wear a sword, to bear a crested coat of arms, to retain a special pew in church, to enjoy such precedence on formal occasions as rank prescribed, and to have if necessary a privileged form of trial would all seem to the noble inherent and natural.

My expectation is that even in the context of an explicit multifaithism the Church of England would enjoy a rightful precedence in the religious representation in the House of Lords and in the coronation of the monarch.

With differing degrees of emphasis, the Synoptic Gospels agree that Peter served as spokesman, the outstanding member of the group, and enjoyed a certain precedence over the other disciples.

In addition, as an aspartic protease, β-secretase enjoys a successful precedence in the development of HIV protease inhibitor drugs used today.

We need to ask if the right of smokers to enjoy their habit takes precedence over the health and well-being of those sensitive to cigarette smoke.

Are we entering an age where capturing the highlights of our lives has taken precedence over actually enjoying those very same moments?

These children, in turn, often enjoy special rights to their uncle's property, often taking precedence in inheritance over the uncle's children.