Sentence examples for precedents existed from inspiring English sources
Idealized figures approximately life size were freely distributed within the composition: in Greek painting of the first half of the 5th century bc this method represents an innovation, though precedents existed elsewhere, notably in Assyrian art.
Working on the borderline between philosophy and mathematics—viz., in the philosophy of mathematics and mathematical logic (in which no intellectual precedents existed)—Frege discovered, on his own, the fundamental ideas that have made possible the whole modern development of logic and thereby invented an entire discipline.
In short, several strong precedents exists for the Energy Security Trust concept.
Historians say few precedents exist for such a public courtship.
Strong historical precedents exist for Mr. McLaughlin's schemes.
What oblique precedents exist were established in a distant era.
Mitchell L. Moss, director of the Taub Urban Research Center at New York University, said precedents exist.
Precedents exist to guide procurement officers in their efforts to navigate the emerging open landscape.
Yet, historically, ample precedents exist to pro vide legitimacy for such a course.
Precedents exist in Argentina for offering state support of writers, including subsidies at the provincial level, and a select few have been given sinecures, such as the directorship of the National Library offered to Borges in the 1950s.
