overriding need

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overriding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈraɪ.dɪŋ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈraɪ.dɪŋ/
more important than ...
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need
noun
uk
/niːd/us
/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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(Definition ofoverridingandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are a most irresponsible contribution to the majoroverridingneedof this country to bring inflation under better control.
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The scheme requires that information will be given to the commission because there is anoverridingneedfor the commission to ensure public safety.
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The essential features of an emergency are unexpectedness in some degree and anoverridingneedfor speedy action.
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Those are legitimate concerns, but there is anoverridingneedto move on.
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Can he say whether it has been shown that there is no possible alternative and that there is anoverridingneedfor this site?
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Ouroverridingneedis clearly to strive for a balance which will work to free up the agricultural industry.
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Above all, there is anoverridingneedto ensure that any future arrangements have a strong anti-inflationary character.
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The great andoverridingneedin consumer affairs is the provision of easily accessible advice, arbitration and education for consumers.
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Internationally, there is anoverridingneedto take into account the sensitivity of the developing nations.
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There is anoverridingneedto ensure regularity and propriety in public expenditure.
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There is anoverridingneedfor office accommodation.
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Such licences will obviously be refused if there is anoverridingneedin the public interest to reserve available water for some other purpose.
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There remains in our view anoverridingneedfor economy in local authority expenditure.
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There is anoverridingneedto achieve real cuts in total levels of local authority revenue expenditure.
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We take the view that in such circumstances there would be a clear andoverridingneedto amend a licence.
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It was clear, therefore, that there was anoverridingneedto protect the interests of the public in complaint and, indeed, non-complaint matters.
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There is anoverridingneedto bring home to those who design, build and run our communities the impact of crime on all our lives.
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In the long term there is anoverridingneedfor a system that is stable and acceptable to society as a whole.
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There is anoverridingneedfor the right balance in the payments made by the taxpayer, the students and their parents.
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There is anoverridingneedfor stability in the region.
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