Sentence examples for have primacy from inspiring English sources

Those charges have primacy under international law.

"The constituents have primacy," said Beverly Sills, chairwoman of Lincoln Center.

"The civilian police have primacy in this matter and we understand that the investigation is ongoing.

Moral intuitions have primacy, Haidt argues, but they are not dictators.

A strong supporter of "multipolarity", he no longer feels Russian relations with Washington have primacy.

And on the Shia side of the Tigris river, militias have primacy over interior ministry or military forces.

But the statement is expected to stop short of saying that Nato has primacy.

The Iranian-backed Asaib ahl al-Haq has primacy among the paramilitaries and is extremely influential in government circles.

Under rules drafted in 1980, police were supposed to have had primacy in agent handling in Northern Ireland.

And if there is one trend for her which has primacy, it seems to be the influence of the family on everything else.

IN any event, there will be no parade, along with no need for trash-talking over which side of the Hudson has primacy.