Sentence examples for precedent as from inspiring English sources

The best news about "We Move" is that Mr. Vasandani seems comfortable with precedent as well as freedom.

There are now written laws and the judges work entirely on precedent, as remember by the older folk.

He added, correctly, as it turned out, that other courts would follow the precedent as surely as "a flock of sea gulls follows a lobster boat".

An entire room is given over to contemporary art from India, setting a precedent, as far as I know, for an American museum.

Twentieth-century Jewish suburbanisation away from the East End provides earlier precedent, as do similar journeys made by French Hugenots and the Irish.

At the same time, it set a precedent (as yet unmatched) for the informed, principled discussion of the fundamental aims of American foreign policy.

Judge Oakes predicted that other courts would follow the precedent as surely as "a flock of sea gulls follows a lobster boat".

"But longstanding judicial precedent as well as the Constitution's text and history, persuade us that this court lacks authority to grant plaintiffs the relief that they seek".

Precedent, as well as legal and cultural barriers, can inhibit young scientists and engineers from searching as widely as possible for education and career opportunities.

"We feel the actions called for by the White House are inconsistent with decades of legal precedent as well as Congressional intent.

But there is precedent as well as a pattern.