Sentence examples for became a precedent from inspiring English sources

That claim was disputed, but it became a precedent.

But in 1789, after he became the first president to be sworn into office, George Washington decided he'd better deliver one anyway – and like most things decided by Washington it became a precedent set in stone.

The measure not only laid the groundwork for education in the states of the Ohio valley and the Great Lakes, it also became a precedent for national educational aid.

Self-tests for cancer could alter perceptions of risk and health behaviour, cause psychological morbidity, could potentially be misused (e.g. if testing became a precedent to employment) and could have a significant impact on the demand for healthcare.

"We fear that this decision could become a precedent.

This is an awful thing that we can't allow to become a precedent".

But they fear it will become a precedent for limits on existing plants.

This verdict may become a precedent in efforts to prosecute other retired officers now living in Florida.

Mr. Emanuel referred on Twitter to a report by ThinkProgress that highlighted his hopes to have the action become a precedent for other cities.

Why then should he "unleash" Kim and expose North Korea to a U.S. counterattack that might become a precedent for pushing Communism back elsewhere?

Opponents believe the project is out of scale with its surroundings and will become a precedent for high-rise buildings in low-rise historic districts.