principle of self-government
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprincipleandself-government
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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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self-government
noun[U]
uk/ˌselfˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us/ˌselfˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the control of a country or an area by the people living there, or the control of an organization by a group of people independent of central or ...
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It is the whole basicprincipleofself-governmentthat you hand these powers over to them.
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It is all very well to say we should support theprincipleofself-government, but there are so many contradictions.
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It would cut across the wholeprincipleofself-government, namely, that there should be no taxation without representation.
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This part of the scheme is based on theprincipleofself-government.
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The school board, whatever its collective view on theprincipleofself-government, is required to produce formal proposals.
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We accepted theprincipleofself-government, but the result has been harmful in this direction from two points of view.
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It is a reversal of theprincipleofself-government.
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It retains a bloc mentality and is not fitted for the reality of modern markets, or, more importantly, theprincipleofself-government.
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I cannot conceive of how these federations can work unless there is a widely recognised principleofself-governmentinside the respective provinces and territories.
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It takes theprincipleofself-governmentby that industry and it allows that particular industry to settle the conditions under which it shall be governed.
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Thisprincipleofself-governmentis that on which the administration of all our internment camps is based.
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We must not begin a discussion on theprincipleofself-government.
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We would prefer not to do that; we would prefer those concerned to do it themselves, because that would respect theprincipleofself-governmenton which our relations are founded.
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That is aprincipleofself-government.
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Thisprincipleofself-governmentand tribal sovereignty is controversial.
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And why can we not adhere to the greatprincipleofself-government, upon which our institutions were originally based.
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It would be an outrage on the principles of self-government to place them under the rule of the remainder of the population.
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Certainly on broad democratic principles of self-government, if it is possible to get a body that could discharge this task, it would be ideal.
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I still unhesitatingly protest my belief in the principles of self-government.
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