Sentence examples for it is not a precedent from inspiring English sources

Maybe you think that Microsoft deserves that fate; but it is not a precedent to set lightly.

"It is not a precedent in the common law sense, but nonetheless it is a landmark case.

It is not a precedent for how the authorities will deal with other types of bank abuses". Yves Smith in Naked Capitalism.

"The dam has broken," said a senior source close to the G7, "but the Americans are insisting it is not a precedent".

If a man whacks you on the head, it isn't a precedent for him kicking you on the shins.

It was not a precedent.

It was not a precedent that was much followed.

Indeed, in their decision about the city situation, the Court of Appeals judges made clear that it was not a precedent for the state.

It was not a precedent that appealed to Haas, who says he preferred the kind of precedent set by Solomon on another one of his jailhouse panels — the mother who loved the baby most let go.

It's not a precedent we want to set".

The Americans say that Kosovo is not a precedent, that it is a once-off exception.