Sentence examples for without the precedent of from inspiring English sources

Even his snowballs-for-sale are inconceivable without the precedent of Marcel Duchamp's "readymades".

Its musical core is John's trio, whose leader readily admits it wouldn't exist without the precedent of the old Nat (King) Cole Trio.

To cite just the most famous of them, there would be no Rosalind in "As You Like It," no Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing" without the precedent of Peronella and her sisterhood.

Try to imagine how American musical comedy might have evolved without the precedent of Gilbert and Sullivan, and be thankful for the elevated standard of satirical nonsense this British team's delirious patter songs established for the 20th century.

American musical comedy as we know it wouldn't exist without the precedent of Yiddish theater, whose jolly, fun-for-fun's-sake communal spirit goes to the essence of Broadway.

But the style found its way into the work of a younger generation of photographers adopted by the childless Evans Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander and Diane Arbus, whose own unposed pictures of lonely marginal Americans are often seen as work that went beyond Evans.Modern German photography would be hard to imagine without the precedent of Evans's stark frontal pictures of rural churches and banks.

Lawyers for the state party were engaged in talks with Mr. McCain's lawyers last night, hoping to settle the case without having the precedent of a legal ruling by the federal court that could affect future elections.

Parliament agreed to follow the precedent of 1788; without the King's consent, the Lord Chancellor affixed the Great Seal of the Realm to letters patent naming Lords Commissioners.

Their legacy is undeniable: it is impossible to imagine the scale and ambition of contemporary art – from the vigorous expression of Georg Baselitz (who saw the 1959 show) to Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst – without the epic precedent of abstract expressionist painting.

It was created to make sure all shareholders got the same information at the same time, but in practice means a company can't defend itself against rumors started by hedge funds without the dangerous precedent of issuing a press release to rebut every rumor.

The discovery of static electricity caused an ebullition without precedent of public interest, and demonstrations of its effects attracted crowds.