give primacy

The renovation knocked down several walls and opened up the apartment to give primacy to the views from its many windows.

A "war on drugs" is given primacy, but the means are sorely lacking.

By re-enacting the 45-day provision, the bill would give it primacy.

This would help give the American scientists primacy over their French competitors.

By defining interest in terms of power, Realism gives primacy to political considerations.

Congress needs to exercise self-discipline and give primacy to the national good in the budget process.

(4) Cinema has always given primacy of place to images.

To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.

It is contrasted with intellectualism, which gives primacy to God's reason.

The systems approach gives primacy to the interrelationships, not to the elements of the system.