important precedent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimportantandprecedent
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important
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.tənt/
necessary or of ...
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precedent
noun
uk/ˈpres.ɪ.dənt/us/ˈpres.ə.dent/
an action, situation, or decision that has already happened and can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed ...
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(Definition ofimportantandprecedentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Decisions can create animportantprecedentand affect interest rates.
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Indeed, the outcome of the negotiations will establish animportantprecedentfor future legislative negotiations on all financing instruments.
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It is not big, but it is animportantprecedent.
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As it is an unusual andimportantprecedent, we should be sure that we shall be doing the right thing.
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This is a case directly relevant to our debate and sets animportantprecedent.
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Leaving aside the 1931 crisis, we have established a veryimportantprecedent.
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There is indeed, theimportantprecedentof the bread and flour regulations.
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Here, there is a veryimportantprecedentwhich has been created elsewhere.
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What the heritage is losing as a result of the rejection of these amendments is that animportantprecedentis being created.
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That is a veryimportantprecedentwhich must be uppermost in our minds.
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That asymmetry is animportantprecedentfor future arms control negotiations.
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Animportantprecedentfor that was created in the safety at work legislation.
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I therefore regard this agreement as establishing animportantprecedent.
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I believe it was the wrong judgment in the context of such animportantprecedent-setting example.
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The discussion in the present case constitutes animportantprecedentfor the future.
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As this is an important procedural matter which may set animportantprecedent, in my submission it must be considered strictly.
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But surely we are not to consider all precedent except the latest and mostimportantprecedent.
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Your ruling will be keenly awaited as it appears to be a point of great curiosity and, possibly, ofimportantprecedent.
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I will proceed to say why, in my opinion, we shall be setting a mostimportantprecedent.
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If that is not the case, then a veryimportantprecedentis being created.
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