Example sentences for: precedent

How can you use “precedent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Those who are not familiar with this type of dictionary--that is, one that provides learners with grammatical, collocational, and idiomatic information far beyond what might be expected in an ordinary monolingual dictionary-- should familiarize themselves with the well-known precedent, the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Contemporary English , by A.S. Hornby, long a classic in the field.

  • The action sets a dangerous precedent by attacking a sovereign state for suppressing an ethnic minority with secessionist aspirations.

  • The precedent exists at a primary research level for adopting remedication as an outcome.

  • The precedent had been set with the 1968 Supreme Court decision Green vs.

  • And if military interventionism is to be allowed in all the internal matters like a question of human rights of any country, that will open a very bad precedent in the world."


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