(Note that the adjective in Emma that vies with "every" for preeminence is "interesting."). From Wordnik.com. [Social Theory at Box Hill: Acts of Union] Reference
The competition between these two nations for low-carbon preeminence is critical for the climate. From Wordnik.com. [Carl Pope: India Vs. China: Which Low-Carbon Development Model Will Win?] Reference
Organizations that sustain preeminence do so because they understand that being entrenched in their past successes is the surest path to future failure. From Wordnik.com. [10 posts from September 2009] Reference
Constantine, the eldest of the Caesars, obtained, with a certain preeminence of rank, the possession of the new capital, which bore his own name and that of his father. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
But in biology their preeminence was the most startling. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
Boulez' own music, for what it's worth, didn't even win the battle for preeminence, which is to say the token programming spot. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
It's simply impossible to be a carbon-based life form and have achieved the kind of preeminence Kanye insists he has. From Wordnik.com. [One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008] Reference
(2) How is the "Vision" more beneficial to the Nation than NASA's other responsibility to sustain preeminence in the sciences and technologies of aerospace?. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Ask the Administrator Answer - NASA Watch] Reference
Rome, Antioch and Alexandria had a kind of preeminence over all others, and particularly the bishop at Rome.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity] Reference
Grecian preeminence and virtue died when liberty expired. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
In this preeminence of duty we find the highest ethical value of Fascism. From Wordnik.com. [Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado] Reference
In space-forms the center and the edges are naturally places of preeminence. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
In this order of studies a German, Ritter, enjoys an incontestable preeminence. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism] Reference
Clearly part of this is realpolitik as Lula works to cement Brazil's preeminence. From Wordnik.com. ['The Most Popular Politician on Earth'] Reference
The City is facing a serious challenge to its preeminence as Europe's financial center. From Wordnik.com. [Towers Of London] Reference
In general, size and a central position, which usually go together, determine preeminence. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
We expect to see many contenders for preeminence in this most promising branch of the industry. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
"Both my parents were such believers in the preeminence of reason, and I still believe all that.". From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution Of An Eco-Prophet] Reference
This is the start of a decades-long tussle between the U.S. and China for preeminence in the Pacific. From Wordnik.com. [Battle For Preeminence] Reference
The place of preeminence among the Latin towns was soon lost by Alba Longa, and gained by another city. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Among the crude materials exhibited, coal, the greatest mineral product of the State, was given preeminence. From Wordnik.com. [Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission] Reference
It reads like a futuristic vision, this place, and will surely cement Toronto's preeminence as a film center. From Wordnik.com. [Erica Abeel: Toronto Day 5: Parties and the House That Film Built] Reference
Furthermore, his multiple duties require him to be a diplomat if he would maintain his standing for preeminence. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
Shakspeare in lofty preeminence above the rest of mankind, of portraying nature in every condition of human life. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
I shuddered to see his newly won preeminence squandered while his kin turned him into a New Age carnival sideshow. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Final Farewell] Reference
In the Margaux appellation, only one wine, Ch teau Palmer, has ever challenged the preeminence of Ch teau Margaux. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of Two Ch] Reference
The lesser streams are numerous, but Burns's verse has given preeminence to the Afton, the Cessnock and the Lugar. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
And again, it must be said, Clinton was equally blind — or arrogant — about what Penn's preeminence would signal. From Wordnik.com. [What Was Hillary Thinking?] Reference
Of all the women who presided over famous salons, Mme. Geoffrin had perhaps the least claim to intellectual preeminence. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
The tendency of the age is to lower, not to elevate, the standard set up by our ancestors for the attainment of preeminence. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
Good luck finding a primary care doctor as the culture shifts back to the preeminence of prevention and the control of costs. From Wordnik.com. [Francine Hardaway: Routine Maintenance: Health Care's Contract With America] Reference
It flourished as a result and answer to a similarly long stretch of liberal preeminence, which had grown tired and complacent. From Wordnik.com. [Supreme irony] Reference
His genius kept him fully aware of the value of this preeminence, and it lay in his wisdom and pleasure to fan the flame of his own repute. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
But a genuine love of country is hardly to be expected where there is not a proper appreciation of our political institutions, which give it its preeminence among nations. From Wordnik.com. [The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens.] Reference
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