Sentence examples for unfortunate precedent from inspiring English sources

German domination of Europe has an unfortunate precedent.

"That strikes me as a really unfortunate precedent to set".

This unfair and unfortunate precedent is sending a message to the students of America.

Unless the proposal is withdrawn now, it will serve as an unfortunate precedent for the proliferation of supermajority rules on a host of different subjects in the future.

So they try to hit small depositors as well, establishing the unfortunate precedent that in Europe deposit insurance is not really real.

But this sets an unfortunate precedent that the stockpiles are there to smooth the ups and downs of the oil price rather than to guard against genuine emergencies.

The Irish bank bailout in the fall of 2008 was the first one to hit a euro zone country during the credit crisis, and it set some unfortunate precedents.

The tax would also be an administrative burden, as the shop-owners would be responsible for collecting, tracking and paying it.It could be a close vote, but taxing caffeine has unfortunate precedents.

After yesterday's attack on George Galloway, and last week's egg-throwing incident during a Jewish memorial ceremony attended by the incumbent Oona King, tonight's election hustings has unfortunate precedents for turning nasty.

In contrast the strategy in Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is fair and prompt compensation for losses suffered, and no unfortunate precedents.

That type of litigious protectionism and brash anti-innovation makes the trial of Kim Dotcom, and others like him, a very important issue that could set some unfortunate precedents for the tech industry; because regardless of its conclusion, the final verdict in Kim Dotcom's case will have an enormous impact on the future of a free internet.     .