Sentences with phrase «precedence over this goal»

There's no use trying to get free travel if you're not going to travel frequently, or have other priorities that take precedence over this goal.

There's no use trying to get free travel if you're not going to travel frequently, or have other priorities that take precedence over this goal.

Not exact matches

Since the government of the day has many goals — getting re-elected not the least of them — it can't always be counted on to carry out its promises: everyone knows that other, more pressing priorities may take precedence over monetary policy.

For decades, Japan Inc. has been managed for the benefit of multiple stakeholders, with social goals often taking precedence over financial goals.

We can only succeed at living faithfully if this takes precedence over all of our other goals.

The goal of improving themselves individually and as a team as the season progresses takes precedence over seeking a specific standing in the state or nation.

In addition, participation in organizations addressing race, gender, or cultural issues was not discouraged, provided that it did not take precedence over the main goal of obtaining our degrees.

The legislative outcome of present efforts to further increase the Child Tax Credit will play out in a political arena in which the prospect of winning or losing typically comes to take precedence over (and sometimes eclipses entirely) the substantive goals that originally motivated legislative interest.

While the new teacher worked to improve her practice over those first few months of the school year, Lujan explained, students» safety took precedence over their learning goals.

Financial goals such as saving money, paying down debt, and investing should take precedence over morning coffee distractions.

Action games and platformers (like Mario) in which the player controls a fighter; strategy games in which the player controls an army; grand strategy games in which the player controls an empire; racing games in which the player controls a vehicle; puzzle games in which the player manipulates geometry; sports games; fighting games; SimCity: These are genres of games where plot is merely a function of competition, character is merely a function of success, and goals take precedence over words.

But there are signs that short - term economic interests are taking precedence over long - term goals on controlling climate change.

The fact that some people can buy their way into this industry and a market because they have deeper pockets than someone else, generally and fundamentally undermines the goal of competence and ethics as taking precedence over all else.