principal objection

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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objection
noun[C]
uk
/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/us
/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of expressing or feeling opposition to or dislike of something ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandobjectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theprincipalobjectionto the first answer is that it lacks evidential support.
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Fitzgerald'sprincipalobjectionto such definitions appears to be that they are ' imbued with theological principles of a liberal ecumenical kind ', which is hardly fatal.
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Theprincipalobjectionto that is the possibility of error.
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Myprincipalobjectionto the motion is that it is pure hypocrisy.
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Ourprincipalobjectionto it is its rigidity, its compulsion, and the intolerance of both its ideas and its language.
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However, myprincipalobjectionto the proposal is that we have no control over the selection.
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The secondprincipalobjectionrelates to the argument that the implementation of the treaty would result in a cut in public spending.
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Ourprincipalobjectionto this proposal is its inequality, which should be enough to dismiss it immediately.
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Myprincipalobjectionto that is based on previous attempts by governments to pass the buck for difficult decisions in this way.
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Ourprincipalobjectionrelates to the number of houses that will be lost to the pool of publicly rented housing.
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Ourprincipalobjectionto this proposal is that it would cause unacceptable delay in removing a child from a source of danger.
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Theprincipalobjectionis from botanists and certain scientists whose interests are in the study of wild flowers and other plants.
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Aprincipalobjection, in my view, is the identity of the persons who are to have the relief—widows, children and personal representatives.
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That is myprincipalobjectionto the fluoridation of water.
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Ourprincipalobjectionthen, as now, was that the effect of the clause would be to draw out this sorry affair.
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I think that theprincipalobjectionto this subsection is that it is in fact nonsense.
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Was not theprincipalobjectionto this duty that it would decrease exports, and has it not had the effect of encouraging them?
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They are cumulative and that is ourprincipalobjection.
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Ourprincipalobjection, however, is that the remedy which is provided is unsatisfactory and could lead to difficulties.
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Theprincipalobjectionis the same now as then.
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