noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a basic principle
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The basic principles underlying all the systems are the same.
a moral standard/principle
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Has there been a decline in moral standards in our society?
adhere to...principles
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We adhere to the principles of equal rights and freedom of expression for all.
adherence...principles
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adherence to democratic principles
against...principles (= I do not believe it is right )
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It’s against my principles to borrow money .
an underlying principle
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Their actions, he argued, went against the underlying principles of Christian morality.
compromise your principles
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The government says the plans will not compromise its environmental principles.
fundamental principles (= moral rules or beliefs about what is right and wrong )
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Let me state a couple of fundamental principles which we value highly.
high moral principles
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a man of high moral principles
KISS principle
stick to your decision/principles etc
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Miguel was determined to stick to his decision.
the principles of the constitution (= the ideas and aims that it is based on )
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the guiding legal principles of the constitution
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
basic
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The author focuses in on very basic principles , which makes this book easy to read, even by first time users.
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The basic principle of diversity of media ownership and freedom of entry should serve as an essential guideline for national media policy.
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Has this neglect of basic business principles destroyed the credibility of all online business ventures?
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It does, however, present the basic legal principles surrounding the creation and termination of teaching contracts.
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The basic principles set out in this Code will apply whether or not the lending in question is secured.
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In addition, through these lessons, students become familiar with basic principles of science.
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However, the basic structural principle remains, and the primary constituents are present: air, humus, bacteria and moisture.
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The basic principle behind all the various systems is that of the x, y co-ordinate.
democratic
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Certainly there may be situations and organizations for which the democratic principle is inappropriate.
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The democratic principle is one person one vote, as is the principle of statistical analysis.
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Young people have not been taught any democratic principles or told about the constitution.
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Is it the best that can be achieved, the nearest practicable approximation to the democratic principle ?
fundamental
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Make this point firmly, because the idea of anxiety-reduction with repeated exposure is one of the fundamental principles of the course.
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Who had persuaded the other to defect, to betray his fundamental principles in the name of personal loyalty?
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The female nude has been conceived as an expression of fundamental principles of order and design.
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A fundamental principle of treatment is to first diagnose the cause of the hypophosphatemia.
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Again, the fundamental principles of the peer group would not be compromised if monitoring roles were rotated.
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Netanyahu, on the other hand, has been struggling with the fundamental principles of accords he has long opposed.
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The pleasure principle would then be seen as one form of the more fundamental Nirvana principle.
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Doesn't that imply a belief in intrinsic essences that is in direct contradiction with the fundamental principles of existentialism?
general
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A number of well-established general principles were accepted as regulating precedence.
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In general the principles depend on cleanliness and appropriateness of animals to their habitats.
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This book is based on the view that the general principles of judicial review of administrative action are worth studying.
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As a general principle , hasty legislation does more harm than good.
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It will also seek to establish any general principles connected with successful schemes of joint consultation.
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What we can do is understand some of the general principles of how living things work, and why they exist at all.
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Several applications of this general principle will be found in the ensuing chapters.
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Beneath the law of involuntary manslaughter lie some deep issues of general principle .
guiding
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That principle is the guiding principle in the assessment of damages in personal injuries cases.
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The guiding principles then of etymology and precedent would not be acceptable today.
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They are the guiding principle in his life and work and must be clearly visible in any evaluation.
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It is guiding principle , abiding truth.
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The guiding principle is that our minds are more active when we view with a purpose.
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Our guiding principle remains our commitment to the Total Quality Management process.
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But it is to suggest that an image of perennial conflict between science and religion is inappropriate as a guiding principle .
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Some guiding principles are beyond doubt.
important
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The most important of these principles are briefly set out below.
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Though there is no record of this power being exercised, this is an important amendment of principle .
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But even if the proposals prove sufficiently acceptable, important questions of principle will remain unresolved.
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This is an important principle when moving together on steep snow.
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The governing body's decision was guided by three very important considerations: principle , existing practice, and time.
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These immigration laws established two important principles of future immigration policy.
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It was an important principle that these housing schemes should pay their way.
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In structure drills as well as in pronunciation drills there is one important principle: drill one thing at a time.
legal
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The process by which legal principles are established is pre-eminently political.
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It does, however, present the basic legal principles surrounding the creation and termination of teaching contracts.
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Where matters of law and equity conflict, the principle of equity applicable prevails over the legal principle in the case.
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The legal principles that apply to teachers whose negligence causes injury are the same as those that apply to anyone else.
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Having said that, most cases turn on their facts and not on points of legal principle .
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First, the Court outlined the legal principles to be applied.
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In no case has the legal principle been sacrificed to a thoughtful new policy on criminal justice.
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In resolving these conflicts, the courts establish legal principles that apply to similar cases.
moral
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A sanitary code which sought to evade fundamental moral principles could never ultimately succeed.
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Two, can you come up with some moral principle , some ethical issue that is so important it justifies deception?
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To some there may be occasion to place a moral principle above a legal one.
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Her work, and her person, came to symbolize the moral and intellectual principles on which the open admissions experiment rested.
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I do not think that we should be against such moral principles .
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They would rather get beaten on their moral principles and convictions than be corrupted by political deals.
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There is no single moral principle which is sole and supreme and can never conflict with any other.
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By the mid-nineties, many adolescents had no answer when asked what moral principles might apply to a particular circumstance.
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uncertainty
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After this encounter Einstein gave up his specific attempts to undermine the uncertainty principle .
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It has been noted that the quantum limit has its origin in the following expression of the uncertainty principle .
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Real togetherness Einstein licked his wounds after his long drawn out battle with Bohr about the uncertainty principle .
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The Heisenberg uncertainty principle tells us that.
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Einstein's general relativity is what is called a classical theory; that is, it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle .
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One therefore has to find a new theory that combines general relativity with the uncertainty principle .
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The human brain, however, is also subject to the uncertainty principle .
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The effects of the uncertainty principle will then become very important and seem to point to some remarkable results.
■ VERB
accept
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That episcopal ordination made one a member of the episcopal college was accepted in principle by the second session.
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Under generally accepted accounting principles , companies may use straight-line or one of the accelerated methods of depreciation for financial accounting purposes.
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The term generally accepted accounting principles is somewhat debatable in the field of financial accounting.
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Once Asquith had accepted the principle of state-financed pensions he had to decide to whom they should be paid.
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To his great credit, he persuaded the brewery companies to accept the principle of independent arbitration.
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He has accepted it in principle , which does him great credit.
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Councillors yesterday accepted the idea in principle after a presentation by Homesmith.
adhere
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No doubt both men, as supporters of the Gothic Revival, expected Scott to adhere to his stated principles .
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We adhere to this principle for two reasons.
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Finally, they adhered to the principle of Contrast in distinguishing less from more.
agree
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Whether or not we agree with the principles or validity of church laws and rules, many of our clients will accept them.
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I had to agree with him in principle .
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We have often found people will nod and agree to the principles but never put them into practice.
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Within a week they had agreed , in principle , to be partners.
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Whether Curran and Seaton would agree with the principles that lie behind the above proposals is very doubtful.
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General Mladic had also agreed in principle to open a corridor to Cerska.
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The cessation of hostilities was agreed in principle .
apply
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If magistrates no longer apply the natural principles of justice, it is a bad day for our law.
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We applied the same principles that would apply to these securities regardless of who issued them.
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In short, you will he required to apply the principles of thinking on a regular and systematic basis.
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This chapter examines how the courts have applied these principles in cases involving teachers.
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Best execution will also apply in principle to agency and other fiduciary transactions for non-private customers.
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The same applies to the other principles .
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So far, legislation has been passed to apply this principle only to packaging.
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Manovich is confident he can apply the same sales principles for computers to software.
based
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Community-policing arrangements Community policing is based on the principle of a working partnership between the police and local community.
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But Aristotle did not conceive of natural laws based on mathematical principles .
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Safrane's front and rear suspension are based on the MacPherson principle and benefit from programmed movement.
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Around 25 experimental Aids vaccines based on this principle are on trial globally.
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It was based upon two principles: 1.
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Alter all, citation indexes are based on that principle .
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Lithography a printing process based on the principle of the natural aversion of water to grease.
establish
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They can do this by establishing clear guiding principles against which all actions need to be evaluated.
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Quintilian was one who credited Zeuxis with having established painterly principles of light and shade.
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The convention establishes the principle that nothing that is harmful to human health and marine life can be dumped at sea.
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In resolving these conflicts, the courts establish legal principles that apply to similar cases.
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The research nurses are establishing the principle that the rigid compartments of the medical profession are not as watertight as they appear.
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Although not intransigent, Wash was clearly uneasy about the specific link with Bedfordshire as the precedent to establish a principle .
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As some observers noted, the new regulation establishes the principle that environmental concerns take precedence over commercial arguments.
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It will also seek to establish any general principles connected with successful schemes of joint consultation.
follow
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This follows the same principles as a tin-streaming operation.
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Surprisingly, the language problems produced by other forms of damage do not necessarily follow these principles derived from stroke patients.
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The companies that follow this principle often don't shout about it, but they are easy to recognise.
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Bormann followed the simple principle of always remaining in the closest proximity to the source of all grace and favor.
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But how mud is used will differ from one climate to another, following the cardinal principle of traditional architecture.
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Again, President Herrera had not insisted on the death penalty but had followed a principle of justice tempered with mercy.
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This follows the same principles as the Crown Scheme but for self-catering accommodation.
guide
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His presidency lacked an over-arching theme or a guiding principle .
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Although controversies still abound, there are some guiding principles for the conduct of daily schooling.
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The group's approach was guided by two principles .
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If that was the guiding principle of Salomon Brothers in the department of customer relations, then all was suddenly clear.
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He brought starkly into question all the guiding principles on which the Soviet system was based.
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Almost all Davidson products work on the guiding principle that education comes easier if disguised as a game.
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They take as their guiding principle that they will safeguard this right. 37.
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Considering the views of those proven achievers helps drive an even greater wedge between centralization and decentralization as a guiding organizational principle .
stick
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She was not to know that Tina, sticking to her principles , had long ago slept with her cousin Jarvis.
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But we have to stick to our principles .
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What a revolution there would be in our behaviour and attitudes if we were to stick to those two principles !
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Nizan stuck to his principles , but after 1939 he became a political refugee.
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Eddi Reader is one who sticks to the principles established in her old band Fairground Attraction.
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On receiving the petition demanding Outram's resignation they stuck to the principle of laissez-faire.
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Had I stuck to my principles or had I simply followed orders?
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May we come to respect ourselves for sticking to our principles and living our lives with honesty and integrity.
understand
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All nurses must understand the principles involved in order to safeguard patients.
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It is helpful therefore to look at the pre-1991 case law to understand how the welfare principle operates in practice.
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However, it is necessary to understand the principles of remote sensing in order to make intelligent and informed use of remotely-sensed data.
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In order to do this, we have to employ a method of understanding rooted in scientific principles that are universally accepted.
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Ramsey thought it a protection against wrongful ceremony to understand its principles .
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We can begin to understand this vital principle when we reflect on how we have been emotionally wounded in the past.
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You need to understand tides and principles of navigation.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a matter of principle
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Dessert is a matter of principle here.
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First, there are matters of principle.
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It seemed, as much as anything, to be a matter of principle.
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It was a matter of principle.
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They might have gone higher but this is a matter of principle.
betray your beliefs/principles/ideals etc
governing principle
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Freedom of speech for all is one of the governing principles in a democracy.
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But the same three macro-functions are the governing principles of stylistic choice in both literary and non-literary language.
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Complex protocol demanded that Court dress conform to a set of governing principles.
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Just as a ship needs a captain, so too does the individual need a governing principle.
guiding principle
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Although controversies still abound, there are some guiding principles for the conduct of daily schooling.
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Competition, time-serving, jockeying for advantage, and avoiding blame were the new guiding principles.
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His presidency lacked an over-arching theme or a guiding principle.
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Prudence would be the guiding principle.
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That principle is the guiding principle in the assessment of damages in personal injuries cases.
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The guiding principle of the Okapi research is that the system must adapt itself to the user rather than the converse.
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They can do this by establishing clear guiding principles against which all actions need to be evaluated.
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They take as their guiding principle that they will safeguard this right. 37.
high principles/ideals
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He believed genuinely in high principles and aims even if he was not yet assured of a sense of perspective.
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Henry Lunn, one of the major figures of the early days of organized travel, was also inspired by high ideals.
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Her virginity is one of the highest ideals in Catholicism.
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The war, the president insists, is about higher principles than control of a grubby liquid in the ground.
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They put short-term expediency and selfish interest before the application of high principles.
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Though it created problems in times of political crisis, it was the price one had to pay for pursuing high ideals.
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What we worship these days is financial success, as though it automatically confers high principles and admirable character.
the KISS principle
true to your word/principles etc
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A man true to his word.
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But true to his word, before I left, my uncle gave me help.
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Jim, true to his word, may be the man to fix it after all.
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Otto had been true to his word and left out for me a pair of boy's shorts.
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The captain was true to his word.
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The Characters A young girl: Lazy but true to her word.
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We have been true to our word and true to our mission because of your skill and professionalism.
underlying cause/principle/problem etc
work on the principle/assumption/basis etc that
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Gamekeepers worked on the principle that any other animals that preyed on pheasants must be ruthlessly eliminated.
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It works on the assumption that each side is willing to move from its starting point during the negotiations.
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It works on the principle that the pursuer will not be able to change direction as efficiently as the prey.
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Politicians seem to work on the assumption that the early bird catches the voter.
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The therapy works on the principle that like cures like.
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These devices work on the principle that the oscillating frequency of a crystal under an applied voltage changes with crystal mass.
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They work on the principle that most people pay up if they're pestered for long enough.
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When a crime is reported to the police they do not work on the assumption that anyone could have done it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He'll do anything to make money. The man has no principles.
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The principles governing the world of physics are unchanging.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However that may be, let us look at Moore's principle at work in one of his examples.
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I have structured the book to give you a similar experience, particularly with respect to the ten new management principles.
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In principle , a planning authority can only grant what is actually applied for or a part of it.
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In this way, the principle of induction is justified.
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Might it then be that the preserving of two viable copies is what is impossible in principle ?
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That episcopal ordination made one a member of the episcopal college was accepted in principle by the second session.
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The general rule, as above stated, seems on principle just.
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The latter are intended to offer a set of principles providing the best solutions to typical problems in contract law.