The 18th century isn't the only precedent for chartreuse.
In fact, it would be fully in accordance with the only precedent we've got.
At that time, the only precedents for such conventions were in the French and American Revolutions.
That's not the only historic precedent, Henry said.
Under that tantalum plate are the only precedents that count.
Thus Israel's land policy was adopted to a large extent from the Ottoman land regulations of 1858 as the only legal precedent.
But Dean's return is not the only historical precedent in St. Louis.
The only precedent for the committee's power to write and report legislation is the 1946-1977 Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
The only precedent for nearly everything being done to the apples in the busy room was slicing apples for pie filling.
Perhaps the only precedent for today's action took place late in the cold war.