Sentence examples for a negative precedent from inspiring English sources
"It is regrettable that this has left a negative precedent where the rights of state prosecutors have been shaken by political motives," he said.
Defeat would set a negative precedent for a series of other state elections in the coming year, ahead of a general election due by 2004.
Shorten has already faced condemnation from within his own party as well as from the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) which said turnback policies were contrary to the 1951 refugee convention and set a "negative precedent" for countries already hosting large numbers of asylum seekers.
But the plan has dismayed biotech companies, which say the proposal "sets a negative precedent" for other science-based industries.
Because Harvard and BWH are not yet off the hook for their handling of the investigation, some still worry that the case will set a negative precedent for universities.
"Every time it's come up, they've resolved it [without a judicial decision]." If the administration presented the issue squarely, it would risk a negative precedent that could haunt it later, Fried said.
Australia, the organisation says, has set a "negative worldwide precedent".
The measure was opposed by the Assn. of California Water Agencies and the California Special Districts Assn., which said in a letter to lawmakers that the measure "could set negative precedent for other special districts and local agencies by changing campaign finance principles for locally elected officials".
But the ratings agency expressed concern about "the negative precedent set by the endorsement of distressed exchanges" between Greece and its creditors, a reference to the bond swaps that private investors will undertake.
Paulson was adamantly opposed to a more radical approach of purchasing stakes in leading banks, citing negative precedents in Japan.
Committee members considered that a decision to cover LBC may have a negative impact on future decisions (setting a precedent).
