"The desire to protect open space and farmland has trumped people's concerns about housing affordability."

And as individuals, most of us are acutely aware that short-term desires can trump our long-term interests.

But the desire to own a piece of a hot company, he said, sometimes trumps that sentiment.

But for some shoppers, the desire for bargains trumped their fear of terrorism.

Why should the studio's desire to make a buck trump a parent's desire to have a nice recording of a dancing daughter?

Often the desire to escape to a beautiful place trumps the knowledge that you're moving to an area prone to wildfire.

As long as there's wiggle room, our desire for more will trump peer pressure to do less.

It sends a message that the desires of developers once again trump public welfare.

The new government says the desire for calm may trump the ideologies of clan and religion.

The desire for low prices trumped all other considerations.