Sentence examples similar to priority lies elsewhere from inspiring English sources

Some he spoke at; but his first priority lay elsewhere.

But Canfin's interests and priorities lie elsewhere.

Priorities lay elsewhere; at the end of the season was the World Cup, the occasion that would define him forever.

-Claire, England Since being pregnant and returning to work, it has been assumed that my priorities lie elsewhere.

"I have always believed that low tax economies are more successful economies, but there are times when priorities lie elsewhere," he said.

With the government concentrating on a number of ambitious programmes aimed at improving educational standards in the countryside, the priorities lie elsewhere.

I am very narcissistic; I only think about myself". Her priorities lie elsewhere: getting into a good university and making money to start a business.

Unfortunately, the government's priorities lie elsewhere: last year, it killed off funding for the body responsible for promoting Romanian films abroad (which had to resort to Kickstarter to help fund last year's Romanian film festival in New York).

The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, indications from the Obama administration that its priorities lay elsewhere and the lack of attention paid to Syria's war have created the impression that American influence is waning.

Davies accuses the Allies of failing in virtually every respect in August 1944, because their priorities lay elsewhere: they were obsessed with unconditional surrender, with the invasion of southern France and, in the wake of the stunningly successful victory in Normandy, with the belief that the war would end in 1944.

Challenges will remain in areas that are developing or where political priorities lie elsewhere.