Sentence examples for priority obligations from inspiring English sources

That bodes well for any effort by the federal government to get the loans already extended to G.M. to be treated as higher priority obligations after the filing, said Stephen J. Lubben, a law professor at Seton Hall.

Third, the Committee failed to explicitly identify international core obligations beyond telling richer states that it "is particularly incumbent" on them to provide international economic and technical assistance to developing countries towards meeting core and comparable priority obligations.

What's more, courts typically make this a very high priority obligation and will pursue nonpayment through various legal channels including incarceration and garnishment.

In many ways, achieving the right balance depends on one's values, priorities, family obligations and spending habits.

Ninian Watt, the chair of governors, said Hitchins would lead the university's senior management team and make sure priorities and obligations continue.

In the Chapter 11 proceedings of Lyondell Chemical Company this year, he approved a financing arrangement that allowed lenders to convert some of the prebankruptcy debt they held into a higher priority postfiling obligation.

One round table participant, who is in charge of a mentoring program, said her female mentees were unreliable and not ready to be mentored since they had other priorities (family obligations), so they tended to cancel their appointments, were too busy to participate, etc.

"For Denmark as a seafaring nation, it is obviously a priority that international obligations are complied with and that ships can sail in the Persian Gulf," he added.

The warning undercuts an argument made by some Republicans that the country's credit rating would not be affected as long as the Treasury Department made debt service a priority over other obligations.

Prioritizing education over well-being describes how parents embraced the Confucian priority of parental obligations: the education of one's child.

Seeking the next high becomes a priority and other obligations in life may suffer.