Sentence examples for development took precedence from inspiring English sources

State officials argued that state power to oversee oil and gas development took precedence over local zoning laws.

Ever since Evita (and some might argue, Kabbalah), Madonna has too often hankered after a librettist's voice, in which scansion, character motivation and imagery development take precedence over the giddy rush of pop.

By 2003, the development of Alien vs. Predator took precedence, and the project remained dormant until 2009 when Scott again showed interest.

Intellectually, while rote learning took precedence over the development of a capacity for creativity, the results weren't entirely regrettable.

Sandy Montag, McEnroe's agent, said that ESPN's addition of United States Open rights and his dual administrative roles as the United States Davis Cup captain and general manager of player development for the United States Tennis Association took precedence over staying in a "secondary" role at CBS.

(At least, one site manager said that existing nonclimate pressures, from development and atmospheric pollution, overshadowed and took precedence over dealing with longer-term change).

4. Fitness and skill development should take precedence over winning.

Thus, in the case of human development, the evolutionary pressures for upright posture took precedence over the need for a complex brain.

The research got no further, however, as Sinclair's development of the first "slimline" pocket calculator – the Sinclair Executive and its successors – took precedence.

But the music took precedence.

That need took precedence over retaliation.