Sentences with phrase «historic precedent»

And to do so flies in the face of historic precedent.

As a result, donor focus on «service delivery» encouraged popular demand for projects that frequently exceeded historic precedent or local context.

The increased natural gas production and use is critically important, as it is the key factor in reduced carbon emissions during a period of U.S. economic expansion — a break with historic precedent noted by the New York Times.

Crunching the two telephone companies should also benefit shareholders financially, with synergies worth some $ 5 bln achievable based on historic precedents.

The panel will discuss the way historic precedents inform contemporary art and attempt to answer the question «does Nothing even need to be represented?»

Doran's sculptural objects and paintings are personal and idiosyncratic works which echo historic precedents such as Ken Price, Karl Wirsum and Robert Gober.

As is often the case, there is some value in looking at historic precedents.

Projects around the utilization of historic precedents are a part of this course.

Some of the heads begin with historic precedents, some are my wife, and some are notations from my imagination.

DESCRIBED as a «dream come true» BHP's newly commissioned $ 2.45 billion hot briquetted iron processing plant has set an historic precedent.

But since these changes have no historic precedent, we will be keen to keep a close eye out for any unexpected consequences of the Fed's outright balance sheet reductions and the ECB's more limited asset purchases.

He argues there is a historic precedent for the toleration of divorce and remarriage.

There's no historic precedent for what they've done.

And yet, he suggested that there are historic precedents — from both England and Scotland — that illustrate that both popular sovereignty (the rule of the people, rather than rule by Parliament) and the protection of core rights lie at the heart of the British constitution.

Maybe the devine plan is for your perseverance to be challenged, for you to meet that challenge by offering an alternative to the Democratic and Republican candidates, and to go on to set an historic precedent — as the first Working Families Party candidate to be elected in Flushing... You've come too far to stop now, SJ, and maybe, too, there's a reason why you are still eligible to be on the ballot in November... It's an opportunity to shape the future.

But a national executive committee source said the party had separate advice that had drawn the opposite conclusion, and argued that there was a historic precedent for leaders to have to seek out nominations in the case of a challenge.

«I don't think there's a historic precedent for anything that's happening in this race,» Greenberg said.

(4) Historic precedents / stats GKIDS has amassed a staggering 9 Animated Feature Oscar nominations.

Dealing with either side of this efficiency equation has no historic precedent, and districts are unlikely to focus on these issues just because funding is cut.

Participants will learn about the historic precedents for making comedy out of hardship both within the LGBT community and in the greater progressive activism movements, practice simple techniques for increasing their ability to use of laughter as a coping mechanism, and finally respond to writing prompts to help them embolden any art form with humor.

Show the reader how your topic relates to some other fields or historic precedents.

Co-curated by Pollock Gallery Director Sofia Bastidas and urban theorist Guillermo León Gómez as part of the ongoing research of Port to Port, WIDE OPEN explores the historic precedents and free market visions established in past centuries that have helped form today's landscape in Dallas.

Hulot's project is very reflective of international global leaders» past & current commitments to climate action — whilst the law that the French parliament plans to adopt later this autumn sets a historic precedent, it also falls short on ambition.

So does the flubbed oath represent another historic precedent, like the inauguration of the first African - American president?

If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent.