Sentence examples for precedent for doing from inspiring English sources

Congress could overturn such a designation, but there is no precedent for doing so.

But proponents of downgrading cancerous conditions with a simple name change say there is precedent for doing so.

So there is certainly a precedent for doing "a melting pot sculpture," said Karal Ann Marling, the author of "Iwo Jima: Monument, Memories and the American Hero".

Dr. Charlotte G. Borst, who wrote "Catching Babies: The Professionalization of Childbirth 1870-1920," publinhed in 1995, said, "The sad part to me is that there is no historical precedent for doing it alone".

Atlanta's current mayor, Shirley Franklin, appealed for Mr. Jackson to be extended the same tribute, but Mr. Perdue -- who was carried into office by white rural voters, many of whom wanted a dominant Rebel emblem restored on the state flag -- refused, saying he could find no precedent for doing so.

By purchasing a ride on PSLV, TeamIndus is setting a precedent for doing business with the Indian government.

DNA sequences had been patented before, so there were precedents for doing this.

"There is absolutely no precedent or justification for doing that," he said.

When asked if he would revoke Cosby's award this past summer, President Obama made it clear he could not, citing a lack of "precedent" or "mechanism" for doing so.

Curiously enough, the precedent for modestly doing over Sixth Avenue is already being set in the East Fifties by a quite spontaneous development.

There are precedents, after all, for doing the right thing, even in politics.