An overriding objective is to ensure the security of society and of individual citizens.

First, Victor's defeat amounted to a failure to reestablish the Dwina Line, which was his overriding objective.

An overriding objective of the institutes is to promote scholarship among community college faculty.

The difference here is that all that activity is possible but peripheral to the overriding, consuming objective, the joy of music.

Our overriding objective in Northern Ireland is to eliminate the evil of terrorism.

"Fairness" turned out to be an overriding objective and fairness often runs in conflict with simplicity.

He also criticized reconstruction plans for making private ownership, rather than government ownership, of infrastructure "an overriding objective."

His overriding objective was the swiftest military victory possible.

Some of the amendments aim at stressing poverty alleviation and eradication as an overriding objective.

Better value for money from every euro spent by the Community is our overriding objective.