Sentence examples for 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.

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.

Americans who oppose the use of nuclear weapons seem to do so primarily for fear of setting a negative precedent that could lead to the use of nuclear weapons by other states against the United States or its allies in the future.

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.

Paulson was adamantly opposed to a more radical approach of purchasing stakes in leading banks, citing negative precedents in Japan.

Australia, the organisation says, has set a "negative worldwide precedent".

+ means a positive (negative) effect from the precedent to the pointed variable.

The negative outcomes, although not without precedent, are surprising to many.

The ECB would thus become the first big central bank to move into negative territory, though a recent precedent has been set by the Danish central bank, which charged negative rates between July 2012 and April 2014 in order to stave off market pressures pushing up the krone, which is tied to the euro.What has been less clear is what, if anything, the ECB might do beyond this.