ample precedent

collocation in English

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ample
adjective
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/ˈæm.pəl/us
/ˈæm.pəl/
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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 ofampleandprecedentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I have no doubt that there isampleprecedentfor its use.
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There isampleprecedentfor that in other departments of government.
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There isampleprecedentfor what has been done so far.
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There isampleprecedentfor there being two medals for one campaign.
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There is thereforeampleprecedentfor the use of the expression.
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There isampleprecedentfor insurance of this sort.
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Of course, there isampleprecedentin the steps taken in war-time to get up-to-date machines installed on loan wherever they were most urgently required.
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For that there isampleprecedent, but not in this country.
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There isampleprecedentfor such an attitude.
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There is abundant andampleprecedentfor this.
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There is, of course, and was right from the outset,ampleprecedentfor such powers.
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But we haveampleprecedent, it seems to me, for cases like this.
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There is thereforeampleprecedentfor such accountability.
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There isampleprecedentfor asking such a committee to make a speedy report.
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There isampleprecedentthroughout our legislation for a duty to consult.
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For such a course there isampleprecedent.
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Local authorities are familiar with the procedure and there isampleprecedentfor the provision.
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We are not doing anything for which we have notampleprecedentin this particular field.
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In any case, there isampleprecedentin our laws for defending people against their own stupidity.
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I have always made it abundantly clear that there isampleprecedentfor suspending elections when a local government reorganisation is in progress.
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