principled basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprincipledandbasis
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principled
adjective
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəld/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəld/
always behaving in an honest and ...
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basis
noun[C]
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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The point is that it does so because it identifies the wrongprincipledbasisfor the normative assessment of an intention.
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It is difficult to suggest aprincipledbasisfor choosing between these alternatives.
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The rational justification for lexical polarity offered above has aprincipledbasisin the nature of the organization of a grammar.
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Such a stipulation would lack aprincipledbasis.
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Nor is there aprincipledbasisfor differentiating between proclitics and enclitics.
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We would like to have aprincipledbasisfor favoring one analysis over the other.
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This organization is an attempt to provide aprincipledbasisfor the construction of a case system, as opposed to the arbitrariness of systems based on intuition.
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Ideally, to put this impression to rest, it would be nice to have aprincipledbasisfor claiming precisely the reverse: namely, that (3c) is false and (4c) is true.
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It is a pity, however, that the transfer will take place as a matter of expediency and not on aprincipledbasis.
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That is hardly aprincipledbasisfor keeping a policy.
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My reply is that there is no otherprincipledbasison which we could proceed.
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It will be important—if only because he will wish to avoid judicial review—for him to do so on a proper, procedural andprincipledbasis.
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The reports do accept that this must be done on a non-discriminatory andprincipledbasis, paying due regard to proportionality.
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How will he determine the cases that he refers on aprincipledbasis?
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The measure has been introduced not purely on financial grounds, but on theprincipledbasisthat the tax should be paid, but not double paid—we are making that specific relief.
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At some time we have to pool all our experiences to see whether we can find aprincipledbasisfor intervening to save human lives in other countries.
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Before one turns to the masses, one must construct aprincipledbasis.
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