Sentence examples for major precedent for from inspiring English sources

A major precedent for this body of work is being exhibited for the first time.

The form was hardly earth-shattering in 1917, but Prokofiev's blithely spruce and witty first symphony set a major precedent for modernism's interface with classicism and laid the groundwork for the composer's towering symphonies to come.

This sets a major precedent for releasing new material through the iPhone – something that has been done in other games (Guns N' Roses debuted a song on Rock Band 2) but never before on the iPhone platform.

Its convictions included major precedents for the crime of genocide, for the status of sexual violence as a violation of international law, and for modes of responsibility for major crimes.

For now, there are no major precedents for tech businesses being kicked out for political reasons.

It doesn't set any major precedents for future cases on LGBT rights".

He realizes it will set a major precedent".

One possible explanation for Aspinwall and Tedeschi's exclusion of major precedents to positive psychology's position regarding positive thoughts and feelings is that the past no longer plays a significant role in the scientific imagination [ 17].

Federal officials and lawyers for Bayer said the agreement might set a precedent for major changes in the way the federal government and the states were paid for drugs bought through Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people.

Muhammad thus set a precedent for another major characteristic of Islamicate civilization, that of qualified religious pluralism under Muslim authority.

Prof Raymond Hill, visiting professor at Imperial College London, welcomed the move as a "brave and positive step" that sets a "precedent for other major multinational pharma companies to follow".