Allowing Greece to default and remain in the euro would create a precedent that would increase moral hazard.
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"We do not wish to create a precedent, " an official was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
But a Vietnamese official is quoted as saying this would "create a precedent".
The problem is this: even partial recognition of such a debt would create a precedent that could bring untold claims in its wake.
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But the prime minister, it seems, would rather get into the nitty gritty of corporation tax after the Scottish poll, than create a precedent beforehand.
Traditional industries such as steel and chemical makers are opposed to any action because they are afraid it will create a precedent for what they see as interference with free market dynamics that will only add costs to their balance sheets.
But some abortion-rights activists view the potential move as a step toward trying to create a legal precedent for recognizing a fetus as a person.
As it has been made clear during this case, the ruling has no bearing on any other recording agreement and does not create any legal precedent.
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Council planning officials said the land was zoned for "employment" and not retail and argued that giving the go-ahead would create an "undesirable precedent".
He warned that dangling large sums of state aid before GM and Opel would set a horrible precedent and produce neither good market results nor create and save jobs.
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