In recent years, there was ample precedent for this.
"There is ample precedent for what we're doing," he said.
This is sad because there are ample precedents to draw from.
There is already ample precedent on the current team.
"There is ample precedent for this," the Duke went on.
I would have gone before a board, but ample precedent does exist.
There is ample precedent for such skills being prized in second terms.
There is ample precedent for supposedly political criminals to break the law just to make money to support themselves.
The king has ample precedent for such behavior: his father had more than 100 wives.
There is ample precedent for such official religiosity in time of war.