As a result of the recent world economy slowdown many investment plans for refinery capacity expansions were postponed, and the optimization of existing process units, that had lost priority in relation to the design of new ones, came again to prominence.
"I think the pope is convinced that the church has lost the priority of mercy in its preaching and he is doing his utmost to restore it".
There are no signs that they left behind important clues to future terrorist attacks, and the American-backed effort to search the caves that had been their last stronghold has lost its once urgent priority.
"What are you for?" The speech, Mr. Obama's third to a joint session of Congress, comes at a particularly rocky point in his presidency, with many Americans including some fellow Democrats complaining that the president has lost sight of the priorities of ordinary people.
"Uneven technological development is a staple of science fiction because it implies a society, and a government, that has lost its way or has mistaken priorities," Hicks said, "And as a result unjustly divides technological resources, or uses those resources to control the populace in inappropriate ways".
And, as ISIS has lost territory in Syria and Iraq, its leaders have made Western targets a higher priority.
PepsiCo has made it a priority this year to strengthen its flagging United States soda business, which has lost market share to the Coca-Cola Company in recent years.
"I think he has lost touch with bench-top research.... Getting a grant is a first priority for faculty.
The first priority for Nassau County's new Police Commissioner, William J. Willett, was to cut costs, and he has lost no time.
Republicans have lost all sense of priority here.
