单词 Collocations with precedent 释义

Collocations withprecedent

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ample precedentThere is ample precedent for insurance of this sort.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0bad precedentHere it would make a very bad precedent and perhaps a very dangerous one.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0binding precedentBut notice that if the court had decided to enforce the terms of the will, as the dissent urged, that holding would also have created binding precedent.From theCambridge English Corpusclear precedentOn his substantive point, however, there is clear precedent on this matter.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0constitutional precedentThere is no constitutional precedent for this retrospective relief.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0dangerous precedentThey are therefore unwilling or at best reluctant to enforce these international protection mechanisms, for fear of setting a dangerous precedent.From theCambridge English Corpusdoctrine of precedentWhat the doctrine of precedent is seeking to achieve, then, is a subtle counterpoise to the erosion of consensus.From theCambridge English Corpushistoric precedentNonetheless, there is no guarantee that this historic precedent will be repeated, whatever the efforts and safety valves.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - Englishhistorical precedentThe author's discussion reconsiders the philosophy of history and the cultural significance of historical precedent in defining political action.From theCambridge English Corpusimportant precedentDecisions can create an important precedent and affect interest rates.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - Englishlegal precedentThis second thesis is not a consequence of viewing legal precedent as example-setting.From theCambridge English Corpusrecent precedentThe only existing but recent precedent must encourage consideration of that view.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0unfortunate precedentIt is a very unfortunate precedent at these times, which are so important for the fate of the new multilateral trade round.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/collocation/english/precedent##