overriding consideration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverridingandconsideration
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overriding
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈraɪ.dɪŋ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈraɪ.dɪŋ/
more important than ...
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consideration
noun
uk/kənˌsɪd.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/kənˌsɪd.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the act of thinking about ...
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(Definition ofoverridingandconsiderationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But, at least from an efficiency perspective, innovation should not necessarily be theoverridingconsiderationin policy design.
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Theoverridingconsiderationis the justification for according the characteristic in question (race, gender, linguistic variety) status as a significant variable, and this has not as yet been demonstrated.
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Concern for public health must be theoverridingconsiderationfor all involved in the food industry.
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I think that in everything the public interest should be theoverridingconsideration, with there being legitimate consideration for private interests.
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Safety must be anoverridingconsideration, but in a balanced approach, all important factors must be taken into consideration.
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I understand that, when we are considering questions of adjustment, financial matters—although important—must not be theoverridingconsideration.
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In discharging that duty the court must act as a good parent and treat the welfare of the child as theoverridingconsideration.
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But there is a more urgent andoverridingconsiderationeven than the control of expenditure.
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However, we do not believe that that should be theoverridingconsideration.
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Therefore, we must consider ways, consistent with the safety of the public—that is theoverridingconsideration—to reduce the numbers in prisons.
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If there were more university places, more colleges of technology, there would not be this need for theoverridingconsiderationof academic examination.
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We were told that there was anoverridingconsideration, which was the number of civil servants.
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Therefore, we say that an application should be processed within 14 days unless there is someoverridingconsiderationthat makes that impracticable.
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Theoverridingconsiderationis whether the person is likely to comply voluntarily with any restriction imposed upon him, including any arrangements for removal.
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He took the view that the factors were evenly balanced but that the historic significance of the site was anoverridingconsideration.
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In any case, that is only one consideration and not theoverridingconsideration.
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Theoverridingconsiderationat present must be the need to restrain increases in prices, including rents.
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Possibly theoverridingconsiderationtoday is the moral judgment that we should make in the circumstances of the policy pursued by this country.
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Theoverridingconsiderationmust be the humane treatment of our animals in present circumstances and in the future.
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They are then subject to discipline, and this is theoverridingconsiderationfor the rest of their life in uniform.
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