pre-condition

The ratings S&P said its reasoning for the move was that the restructuring of Ireland's sovereign debt may be a pre-condition to the country entering the European Stability Mechanism—-the permanent euro-zone crisis resolution system due to take effect from mid-2013—and that senior, unsecured Irish government debt will be subordinated to ESM loans.

S&P Downgrades Ireland One Notch Mark Brown 2011

"Dealing with the deficit is a vital pre-condition to growth and abandoning the plan, which has restored international credibility, helping to keep market interest rates low, would only store up bigger problems for the future."

U.K. urged to postpone budget cuts Nicholas Winning 2011

He said Palestinian demands for a halt to settlement building is not an "arbitrary pre-condition" but a long-standing Israeli commitment and obligation.

Abbas Says No Peace Without Moratorium on Settlement Construction 2010

Making harmonization of external flows a pre-condition and avoiding proliferation of sources of climate funding can radically reduce transaction costs that undermine nationally-owned plans.

Stephen P. Groff: Climate Change: Learning the Lessons of the Past 50 Years Stephen P. Groff 2011

Most men who go for counseling or help are those who have been mandated to do so by courts as a pre-condition to visitation and/or reunification with family.

Engy Abdelkader: Nazish Noorani, Domestic Abuse And American Muslims Engy Abdelkader 2011

Now tell me how one is suppost to be able to provide insurance to a family, one having a pre-condition who's medicare wont kick in for 2 years?

Lieberman: Obama should delay trying to cover the uninsured 2009

Why should they care about giving proper healthcare to their clients when they can simply hire someone to deny their claim because "it was a pre-condition."

Conservative group targets Obama's vacation 2009

Can't we just start by doing serious malpractice reform and make pre-condition exclusions illegal?

GOP senator blasts Dems health care proposals 2009

Malpractice reform, eliminate pre-condition exclusions and take care of children ... that should be their focus.

Borger: Obama's only choice is to speak out 2009

Making harmonization of external flows a pre-condition and avoiding proliferation of sources of climate funding can radically reduce transaction costs that undermine nationally-owned plans.

Stephen P. Groff: Climate Change: Learning the Lessons of the Past 50 Years Stephen P. Groff 2011