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historic precedent

collocation in English

meanings of historicand precedent


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historic
adjective
uk /hɪˈstɒr.ɪk/ us /hɪˈstɔːr.ɪk/
important or likely to be important ...
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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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Examples of historic precedent


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Nonetheless, there is no guarantee that this historicprecedent will be repeated, whatever the efforts and safety valves.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
That is not a historicprecedent that we especially want to build on.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
That is the reason behind that historicprecedent.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There is an historicprecedent for this problem.
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Hansard archive

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That is not without historicprecedent.
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Hansard archive

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If, contrary to all historicprecedent, we deny these rights to others, it may well be that others may in turn deny them to us on some future occasion.
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Hansard archive

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This list of shame could have been an historicprecedent, a warning to all leaders and business people who unscrupulously exploit the misery of millions for personal gain.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
My noble friend said that planning and ownership must go together, and she referred to the historic precedent of the old land owners, who were indeed both owners and planners.
From the
Hansard archive

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This matter has famous historicprecedent.
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Hansard archive

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This seems an historicprecedent.
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This was an important step away from the historicprecedent of compartmentalizing the functions of the house into separate rooms.
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Wikipedia

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Historicprecedent versions are not considered.
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Wikipedia

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Very often our historic precedents lead us to create a good framework within which to operate.
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Hansard archive

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Not having a written constitution means that one has to rely on historic precedents for constitutional precedents.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
These 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.
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