But with key positions in the new Government unfilled, few people seemed to accord the promises much weight.

Yet was race accorded too much weight in the news coverage of the 1989 campaign?

Mashpee cited Passamaquoddy for the principle that "courts will accord substantial weight to federal recognition of a tribe."

Surely if men are to have equal say, a man's right not to be a parent must also be accorded equal weight.

A mouse and a man both have an interest in not being kicked, and there are no moral or logical grounds for failing to accord those interests equal weight.

I can't off the top of my head, as you mention them, perhaps I could accord some weight to them.

Allen, for instance, accorded them great weight.

As a result, the main criterion was based on estimated teaching activity with past research performance apparently being accorded relatively little weight.

Throughout American history the courts have accorded conclusive weight to claims of security threats - claims that turned out to be hollow after the crisis had passed.

Instead, you illustrate how religious preferences were accorded extra weight over a 'clear' 'public safety case' with regard to motorcycle helmets.