Sentence examples for have given primacy from inspiring English sources

At the core of the West Coast doctrine is the study of the American regime, a topic to which Strauss devoted little explicit attention, but to which Jaffa and his followers have given primacy.

For: such an observer (and thus the "objective" viewpoint) will presumptively have given primacy in this interpretation to what (as far as the observer can discern in the circumstances of the statement's making [= utterance]) the statement's author actually ("subjectively") meant (= intended to express/state).

In attempting to move away from the selfishness of egoistic action, Watsuji has given primacy to the state over individual and group rights.

In the context of public amenities, whose benefits of preservation are not totally reflected by the market, the valuation of cultural heritage has given primacy to the contingent valuation method, with very few attempts being made to valuation via the discrete choice experiments technique (DCE).

Since the report was shared with Georgia, Mr. Saakashvili has shuffled the Defense Ministry's leadership, although it is not clear that military experience has been given primacy in the choices.

That would upend a system that has traditionally given primacy to the interests of large mining companies.

The internal design of database systems has traditionally given primacy to the needs of transactional data.

It is as a result of this process that the presidency has accumulated a range of new powers that have given it primacy among the branches of American government.

In the system proposed by Empedocles of Agrigentum (c. 490 430 bce), water shared the primacy Thales had given it with three other elements: fire, air, and earth.

In his current role, though, Strauss has given the one-day side the primacy they deserve: not making limited-overs cricket a priority over Test matches but recognising it has been a completely different game for 20 years.

The importance of link workers discussing individual cases with GPs, had not been seen as the critical component of liaison, but was given primacy in the revised model.