dangerous precedent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdangerousandprecedent
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dangerous
adjective
uk/ˈdeɪn.dʒər.əs/us/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/
A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could ...
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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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Anotherdangerousprecedentcreated by this trial is in connection with defensive planning.
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I think it not only an undesirable but a verydangerousprecedent.
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Has not this created adangerousprecedentfor the future?
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This is a denationalisation measure which in many ways creates adangerousprecedent.
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It is not only an extremelydangerousprecedentto set up, but it is entirely unnecessary.
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They are therefore unwilling or at best reluctant to enforce these international protection mechanisms, for fear of setting adangerousprecedent.
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Others, however, argued that to collect statistics based on race created adangerousprecedentby defining men and women by the colour of their skin.
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Furthermore, there is adangerousprecedentbeing set if this line of reasoning is adopted.
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This sets adangerousprecedent, since the described review process does not provide a comfortable level of assurance that adequate security of this data will be maintained.
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A verydangerousprecedentwould be set by this blanket ruling.
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I think that this is adangerousprecedentfor the future.
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I do not know what the result of that will be, but it seems to me to be adangerousprecedent.
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However, even to allow regulators to become involved in the directors' salaries would create adangerousprecedent.
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It would be adangerousprecedentto set out what should happen in five or 10 years.
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It would be a verydangerousprecedentto follow in this country.
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I believe that not only is this an important constitutional point but it is also an extremelydangerousprecedent.
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I view the levy as being a mostdangerousprecedent.
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Be that as it may, it is a verydangerousprecedentto set.
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I should think that that was adangerousprecedentto introduce.
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I am sure he appreciates that his was a very dangerous statement and a verydangerousprecedent.
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