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...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals†
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It was of course amongst these that the most frequent disputes for precedence occurred.† (source)
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It's a claim that by the rules of this lodge takes precedence.† (source)
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There was some hesitation among them, each offering the other precedence.† (source)
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.† (source)
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That's when the ice cream and movies take precedence again.† (source)
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Nothing took precedence over the Georgia-Florida game.† (source)
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I do not believe that even the Table of Precedency which you will find in Whitaker's ALMANAC represents a final order of values, or that there is any sound reason to suppose that a Commander of the Bath will ultimately walk in to dinner behind a Master in Lunacy.† (source)
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But cannibals take precedence, and we keep our conversation to a whispered minimum.† (source)
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Accustomed to ease, and unequal to the struggles incident to an infant society, the affluent emigrant was barely enabled to maintain his own rank by the weight of his personal superiority and acquirements; but, the moment that his head was laid in the grave, his indolent and comparatively uneducated offspring were compelled to yield precedency to the more active energies of a class whose exertions had been stimulated by necessity.† (source)
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Theon's claim took precedence over those of his father's three brothers, but the woman had touched on a sore point nonetheless.† (source)
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There were no ladies on board; the Major gave the pas of precedency to the civilian, so that he was the first dignitary at table, and treated by Captain Bragg and the officers of the Ramchunder with the respect which his rank warranted.† (source)
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Allowing the language of the people to take precedence over Latin was also a characteristic Renaissance feature.† (source)
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A question it were now, whether of us three, Being all the known delicates of a rich man, In pleasing him, claim the precedency can?† (source)
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The kids really missed their daddy, and while the circumstance was completely different from that of Janice's childhood, the situation of a missing parent was still sadly reminiscent of work taking precedence over family.† (source)
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As a judge, weighing the evidence had taken precedence; but as a mother, it was not the facts that mattered-only the feelings.† (source)
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