Sentence examples for precedent making from inspiring English sources

Because reporters often retain unauthorized defense documents, Drake's conviction would establish a legal precedent making it possible to prosecute journalists as spies.

If successful, the measure could set a precedent making it much harder for Nestlé and other water-bottling companies to find new sources at a time when a long drought in the American west has triggered public anger at the very notion of private companies making money and creating extensive plastic bottle waste out of a badly needed resource.

"The [search engine] industry leaders have set a precedent making this standard industry practice," says cyberlawyer Eric Goldman, an associate at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Cooley Godward.

Because this method leaves normal cells virtually untouched, it has no precedent, making it impossible to predict how well the cultured cells and mice data will translate to humans.

If we don't take real action to protect adoptee rights, we create precedent making it that much easier to discriminate against others.

I don't think bad precedent makes for good habit or that it justifies more bad decision-making.

Islāmic architecture, borrowing from the Sāsānian precedent, makes great use of squinch forms (see pendentive).

His lawyers argued that the Morrison precedent made it highly likely that he would win his appeal.

The settlement itself, as a precedent, "makes a difference for me as an attorney, in knowing how to advise my clients," he said.

The Chinese, clearly hoping that this release would not encourage other asylum seekers or set a precedent, made no official announcement.

This precedent makes the assumption that we do not all have an obligation to contribute to our society's infrastructure, of which public schools represent one of the most critical elements.