Sentence examples for precedent first from inspiring English sources

Precedent first.

Decide what needs to take precedent first and stick to it.

"This is the precedent, the first case in which we've tried a head of state for war crimes," General Clark said.

The case sets a bizarre precedent, the first time someone occupying such a high post in Argentina has been the subject of an investigation of this nature.

"Not having a protective pool accompany the president-elect would be a particularly serious breach of historical precedent and First Amendment responsibilities.

In addition to breaking with decades of historical precedent and First Amendment principles, this decision could leave Americans blind about his whereabouts and well-being in the event of a national crisis.

In the majority opinion in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. noted the importance of this public debate as a precedent in First Amendment law and ruled that the Acts had been unconstitutional: "Although the Sedition Act was never tested in this Court, the attack upon its validity has carried the day in the court of history".

To do this, we followed precedent and first transformed R by the equation Y = log((1 + R)/(1 − R)) (Gu et al. 2002; Makova and Li 2003; Li et al. 2009).

In Texas politics, there is precedent for second acts following crushing national defeats.

Under legal precedents, the First Amendment does not exempt individuals or entities from complying with neutral laws of general applicability based on a religious objection, however sincere.

A precedent for third-year improvement was set by many of the great quarterbacks, including Joe Montana and Troy Aikman, who made their first Pro Bowls, and Manning, who led the N.F.L. in passing yards and touchdowns.