Sentence examples for over primacy from inspiring English sources

We should and can win in Afghanistan but we need to put more military effort into the country - the Afghan Army is developing pretty well but needs another year to grow and train to the point that it can confidently take over primacy - including that all important Reserve force that we Nato commanders first asked for 18 months ago.

At a news conference earlier today, the governors of the two states sought to scotch any suggestions that there was a state prosecutorial rivalry over primacy in the sniper trial.

It may have been that Thomas designed his cathedral to be as unlike Canterbury Cathedral as possible, perhaps because of the conflict between York and Canterbury over primacy.

This provoked the wrath of Wimund, Bishop of the Isles, who had previously had jurisdiction over Galloway; but the new bishopric survived, and York had a new suffragan, an important step in the battle between York and Canterbury over the primacy, which was mainly a battle over the prestige of their respective sees.

Much of Richard's time as archbishop was spent in a dispute with Roger de Pont L'Evêque, the Archbishop of York over the primacy of England, and with St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury over the archbishop's jurisdiction over the abbey.

The tension over the status of Estonian reflects a debate across the former Soviet Union over the primacy of native languages and the role of Russian.

We also differed over the primacy of having a family.

Belatedly, they have started to co-operate better over North Korea and, quietly, to explore what happens if it collapses.China's challenge to America is not over global primacy.

It was opportunity for these Israelis to publicly gloat that their long-held ideas over the primacy of Zionism were validated.

The Jansenists participated in the centuries-long debate over the primacy of free will or of divine omnipotence in the process of salvation.

In 2005, after publicly disagreeing with her boss over the primacy of nutrition as a defense against H.I.V., Ms. Madlala-Routledge was summoned to Mr. Mbeki for the woodshed treatment.