Sentence examples for it is a precedent from inspiring English sources

To count as a convention, a reproduced pattern must be reproduced, in large part, simply because it is a precedent, not because of its intrinsic merits.

It is a precedent that Mr. Greenspan surely recalls.

"We bought it because it is a precedent piece," Mr. Reed said.

"It is the problem with a military intervention, of course, that it is a precedent for the future.

It is a precedent unlikely to be lost on the current prime minister as he contemplates the general election he must face in 2015.

It is a precedent worth setting, especially in situations where evidence of large-scale human rights violations is hard to come by.

It is a precedent-setting, tone-setting action which reveals Britain's disastrously dysfunctional relationship with predators.

"It is a precedent-setting kind of study," said Edward C. Hopkins, director of environmental quality programs for the Sierra Club.

It's a precedent Strachan must follow.

It's a precedent worth trying for.

"It's a precedent" that's worrying, he said.