Sentence examples for a damaging precedent from inspiring English sources

If the subpoenas survive appeal, they will set a damaging precedent for newspapermen.

Acting on it would be bad for Iraq and would set a damaging precedent for the international financial system.

The prime minister, Theresa May, is under pressure from ministers, including the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, not to offer her backbenchers a free vote, which some believe would appear weak and create a damaging precedent.

Harriet Harman, the shadow culture secretary (and also shadow deputy leader, prompting some to question whether she has the time to focus on culture), has now intervened in the crisis, persuading Forbes not to set a damaging precedent.

While the Rubik Brand is fortunate in having other trademarks, copyright, passing off and unfair competition protection to rely on which will continue to ensure its exclusivity, this judgment sets a damaging precedent for companies wishing to innovate and create strong brands and distinctive marks within the EU, and is not what European lawmakers intended when they legislated for 3D trademarks.

Some scientists have warned that the case might set a damaging precedent, deterring experts from sharing their knowledge with the public for fear of being targeted in lawsuits, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome reports.

"It has set a hugely damaging precedent," she says.

If FHA does need taxpayer support, it will be a politically damaging precedent (the agency's Web site boasts that it is self-funded).

But experts zeroed in on Rakoff's reasoning as a potentially damaging precedent for other lenders contending with scores of similar lawsuits, many involving fraudulent assurances claims from the investors who bought mortgage-backed securities during the U.S. housing boom.

In a detailed letter of his own, Kelleher of Better Markets, argued that it would be not only illegal for OMB to comply with O'Malia's request, but a procedural nightmare that would create a damaging new precedent for government functionality.

This is the same double standard that allows Washington to complain about the flouting of international law in Syria and Ukraine while ignoring the damaging precedent set in 2003 when the Bush administration invaded Iraq without explicit UN legal authority.