Example sentences of "to give priority to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Before leaving employees , a limited situation in which it is permissible for the directors to give priority to the interests of employees should be noted .
2 Parties to such conventions are therefore able to give priority to the values protected by them .
3 Then come the foreign exchange needs of net exporters , followed by the needs of enterprises that could be net exporters if they were not obliged to give priority to the home market .
4 That was why the Congress of People 's Deputies was being recommended to give priority to the government 's report on the economy .
5 The ENP Policy stated as one of its aims : ‘ To give priority to the needs of the patients rather than throughput of the department ’ .
6 As a result , the 1974 Housing Act introduced Housing Action Areas ( HAAs ) , designed to give priority to the improvement of areas for which GIAs are not relevant , where poor physical condition of housing is combined with social stress and deprivation .
7 In particular , there is a need to give priority to the street 's primary use , for the residential street environment is a matter of continual concern to residents , but of only fleeting interest to the passing driver .
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