Sentence examples for the precedent of from inspiring English sources

These were based on the precedent of an ambitious series of caves built in the preceding decades at Yungang.

Consider the precedent of cellular phones.

Set the precedent of kissing the Bible.

He points to the precedent of the Josephson-junction circuit.

"It had upheld the precedent of not judging Mexicans overseas.

The precedent of last summer's football World Cup is not encouraging.

Lieber argued that this was the precedent of "the most humane belligerents in recent times".

The precedent of a second time may be difficult, if not impossible, to overcome.

Tolstoy set the precedent of the Great Russian Writer as saint.

And Josh can't pretend that the precedent of Quinn's possible election isn't always in his head.

Syria has proved far more vexing, in part because of the precedent of Libya.