Sentence examples for be given precedence over from inspiring English sources
Applied to Iraq, this means BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Italy's Edison and France's Total should be given precedence over any domestic Iraqi firms that may emerge.
Mr. Bush's lawyers argued that the administrative rule should be given precedence over the state law, contrary to the usual practice, because it was written in response to a federal suit challenging Florida election laws.
Instead, taxation and curbing illicit flows, present but largely forgotten in every major development financing document of the past 20 years, must finally be given precedence over foreign inflows of money.
While some in the maths community welcomed the report, those in other disciplines said it failed to make the case for why maths should be given precedence over literacy, IT skills or a language.
In any case, so important are the open-space elements of the plan for developing new audiences, and for winning the hearts and minds of the community, that they should, in our view, be given precedence over everything but the most critical repairs.
Because the unions played such a large role in the struggle against apartheid, and are now the ANCs partner in government, the demands of those who already have a job tend to be given precedence over the needs of those who would like one.
They had been protesting that basic human needs should have been given precedence over a costly Games, during which some 10,000 soldiers were deployed – all disguised as Boy Scouts.
It is the what, where and when that have been given precedence over the why and how, and that's the pity.
In a society where wedding arrangements are given precedence over marriage relations, it is no wonder that we face a soaring divorce rate.
