Sentence examples for the precedent is from inspiring English sources

But the precedent is not heartening.

"The precedent is a problem," he said.

The phrase is Trotsky's, and the precedent is catastrophe.

Nonetheless, he added, "the precedent is still there, and it's really a very unfortunate case".

As a matter of legislative consequence, the precedent is not hugely significant.

The precedent is the 20% shareholding that Lower Saxony still holds in Volkswagen.

The precedent is the 2008 amendment of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.

"Once the precedent is set, it's like dominoes," the lawyer said.

"The precedent is Lehman Brothers, where we were able to transfer the accounts within seven to 10 days".

Once the precedent is set, voters in other countries could be infected with the same rebellious spirit.

The precedent is discouraging: after three unhappy weeks spent squabbling about taxation, parliament was dissolved by the monarch.