Sentence examples for have overriding priority from inspiring English sources

However, a statement from West Ham said they have "overriding priority" to use the stadium.

Suddenly, winning the National Football Conference East has become an overriding priority for the Giants.

"Finding a respectable exit from the ten-year conflict against the Taliban and its allies has become the overriding priority," points out The Economist.

The leader of the new united front of Israel's Arab parties – standing together for the first time in an unprecedented alliance – has vowed his overriding priority in next Tuesday's elections will be to ensure the removal of the country's rightwing prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu.

Dr Simon Tanner, regional director of public health, NHS London Our overriding priority has been to ensure that the needs of patients come first and we've used evidence from previous games and mass gatherings to help hospitals to make local plans.

Ms Merkel, whose country now occupies the union's six-monthly rotating presidency, has made this her overriding priority.

The committee said that while it was right that HMRC sought to ensure that benefits were paid only to those who were entitled, officials had made it their "overriding priority" to maximise tax credit expenditure savings at the expense of ensuring the system was fair and appropriate.

"Our overriding priority has been - and continues to be - to maintain jobs at the frontline of NHS Wales against a backdrop of severe cuts to our budget.

A UK Foreign Office spokesman responded to Mr Ibrahim in a statement, saying: "Our overriding priority has always been to protect Libyan civilians and to enable them to choose their own future.

Mayor Bloomberg has made clear that the overriding priority of the City of NY is to avoid loss of life among residents and emergency workers.

The question is whether everyone who cares about the environment is obliged to make climate the overriding priority.