Sentence examples for were priorities for from inspiring English sources

What were the services that you were particularly concerned with, and I'm assuming those are the services that were priorities for the Chinese government?

When it released Facebook Messenger last fall, it became even clearer that messaging and mobile applications were priorities for the company.

Monitoring systemic risk and arranging for a "resolution authority" to dissolve failing companies "in a nonchaotic way" were priorities for the executives, he said.

But I did manage to win some concessions in relation to asylum seekers and legal aid, refugees and legal aid, children and legal aid and other vulnerable groups which I thought were priorities for me as a Liberal Democrat.

Shortly before a meeting Friday of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 7 nations, the Institute for International Finance, a global association of financial institutions, said new measures on openness, ratings agencies and valuation of complex securities were priorities for industry action, not government fiat.

Though livability and practicality were priorities for the couple that hired Cotton, he has accomplished that within a patina of austere nobility, what you might call the sum aesthetic of his aspirations and experiences so far — a résumé that includes a stint working in the flea market at Porte de Clignancourt.

"That's priorities for you," Mr. Schundler said.

The spokeswoman said immigrants who arrived illegally after 1 January 2014 are priorities for removal.

Those who abuse our welfare system will be priorities for immediate removal.

The border-security money and lottery-system changes are priorities for conservatives.

Deficit-cutting and labour-market reform would be priorities for a PP government.