principal justification
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprincipalandjustification
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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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justification
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdʒʌs.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdʒʌs.tə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a good reason or explanation ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandjustificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is theprincipaljustificationfor examining a variety of research methods in the following review.
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There may be good reasons for not overstating this in public, but the factor exists and is now aprincipaljustification.
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And surely it is the widespread concern of parents which is theprincipaljustificationfor this amendment.
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That is theprincipaljustificationfor going ahead with that approach.
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The main andprincipaljustificationfor it is based on water conservation.
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It seems that itsprincipaljustificationrevolves round sponsors.
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This is theprincipaljustificationfor operating such a guarantee scheme ourselves.
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Theprincipaljustificationfor the operations is agricultural production— usually of cereals, which are in surplus anyway.
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Theprincipaljustificationfor student loans has always been that they would cost the public purse less than any system of student grants.
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Theprincipaljustificationfor the non-resident vote is that about 330,000 non-residents constitute the day-time population and use most of its services, far outnumbering residents, who number around 7,000.
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But would not an adjustment of this kind remove one of the principal justifications for wage demands at present?
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