national priority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnationalandpriority
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national
adjective
uk/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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priority
noun[C or U]
uk/praɪˈɒr.ə.ti/us/praɪˈɔːr.ə.t̬i/
something that is very important and must be dealt with before ...
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(Definition ofnationalandpriorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There should be anationalpriorityaccording to a building's rarity.
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Each business case submission is assessed on its own merits and in terms of itsnationalpriority.
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The mainnationalpriorityis to increase the number of qualified speech therapists from whom individual area health authorities can recruit.
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Ournationalpriorityis the defence of the realm and the safeguarding of this country and all that it stands for.
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We have a complicated, bureaucratic system which divides responsibility and considers some courses as being ofnationalprioritywhile others have a lower status.
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However, most felt that type 2 diabetes was not attractive politically, was not anationalpriorityand did not attract funding or incentive schemes.
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As the host country is free to reinvest the returns from their sale intonationalpriorityareas, theoretically diversion is ruled out.
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Also,nationalpriority-setting procedures may define the relative importance of major research areas.
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Our firstnationalpriorityshould be to rebuild our wealth-creating machinery.
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In 1990–91, training in religious education will be subsumed within thenationalpriorityarea for the basic curriculum and collective worship.
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It is a seriousnationalprioritywhich should be carefully considered.
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Subsidies for energy consumption simply cannot be justified at a time when it is anationalpriorityto reduce consumption.
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Ensuring that adequate child protection is in place is part of the violent crime priority, which is anationalpriorityfor the police service.
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Does he recognise that he should respond to that problem as a matter ofnationalpriorityand not simply leave it to local agencies?
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These include projects supported through education support grants and a newnationalpriorityarea for in-service teacher training.
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It is all very well to talk about areas ofnationalpriority.
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Will he please try to ensure that the construction of the second crossing is a matter not just of local priority but ofnationalpriority?
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However, the regulation specifies that priority must be given to projects innationalpriorityareas.
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So, if we are to survive and prosper in the 21st century, the raising of educational standards for all must be a topnationalpriority.
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I hope that it may be possible to include in the scheme a degree of local priority as well asnationalpriority.
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