governing principle

collocation in English

meaningsofgoverningandprinciple

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governing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚ.nɪŋ/
having the power to govern a country or ...
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principle
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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(Definition ofgoverningandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is there agoverningprinciplein their organization and structure?
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Thegoverningprincipleis making distinctions where and when it is possible, under the conditions set by time and place, history, and culture.
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The fundamental characteristic of market relations is reciprocity, and reciprocity is thegoverningprincipleof civil society.
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In civil cases, once again hisgoverningprincipleis equality.
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In sum, it is difficult to achieve justice in medical and public health policy because there is neither a single idealgoverningprinciplenor a simple formula for success.
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Symmetry is thegoverningprinciple. 1a.
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The principle of accountability without culpability is a radical departure from thegoverningprinciple of tort (that without fault, the loss must lie where it falls).
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One cannot find in it agoverningprinciple, or a policy on which strategy is to depend.
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Thegoverningprincipleis not so much the source of the gift.
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Allocation is thegoverningprinciple, and priorities are becoming little more than a stimulus upon its detailed assignments.
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That was thegoverningprincipleof his speech.
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Ourgoverningprincipleis that occupiers of agricultural land must be able to take steps to protect their agricultural investment.
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There is no difference in thegoverningprinciple: simply a basic change in the fees.
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They had that method as agoverningprinciplein ascertaining the value.
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I have in mind here thegoverningprinciplewhich will guide the commissions which are to review the special review areas and the county boroughs.
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See how hypocrisy has been elevated into agoverningprinciple!
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We also fully support the view that thegoverningprinciplemust be that of international obligations, fairly and humanely applied.
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It has everything to do with accepting arbitrariness as agoverningprinciple.
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But we must approach this with thegoverningprincipleof shareholder protection in our minds.
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That seems to me to be thegoverningprinciplehere.
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