Example sentences of "give priority [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the general election , will my hon. Friend give priority to consideration of rather more remote areas , like Ilfracombe , Barnstaple or South Molton that have rural or coastal connections ? |
| 2 | Articles 45 and 48 give priority to government projets de loi ( bills ) and allow the government to intervene in the navette ( when legislation shuffles back and forth ) between the Assemblée and the Senate , overruling the latter . |
| 3 | Here British social anthropologists part company with many of their American colleagues , who give priority to culture and to cultural patterns , underestimating ( as it seems to us ) the social dimension . |
| 4 | Give priority to energy efficiency measures . |
| 5 | While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities . |
| 6 | The largest amount of technical co-operation for Asia comes from Japan ( $115m in 1991 ) and , just as Britain and France give priority in aid to the Commonwealth and former French overseas territories for historical , political and economic reasons , Japan has placed priority on Asia . |