long-standing principle
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-standingandprinciple
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long-standing
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈstæn.dɪŋ/us/ˌlɑːŋˈstæn.dɪŋ/
having existed for a ...
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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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Thatlong-standingprinciplehas served this country well for hundreds of years, and it should be upheld.
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We have no plans to alter thislong-standingprinciple.
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But it is along-standingprinciplethat benefit sanctions are imposed if people unreasonably cause or prolong their own unemployment.
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Charging for additional police services is along-standingprinciple, authorised by statutes going back at least to the 19th century.
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He will not depart from thelong-standingprincipleof the confidentiality of such reports.
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In fact, it has been along-standingprinciplethat the capital of family members is taken into account.
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Thelong-standingprinciplethat university employees in medicine do not pursue private practice for personal gain is already beginning to be eroded.
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That is along-standingprincipleof the benefit system.
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There is along-standingprinciplethat the law in this country tries to prevent civil injustice.
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It is along-standingprinciplethat electors should vote in person except where circumstances more or less outside their control prevent it.
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In those circumstances it is right to carry forward thelong-standingprincipleof abatement from unemployment benefit.
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It is along-standingprinciplethat people receiving benefit have a responsibility to confirm their continuing entitlement on a periodic basis.
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The judgment thus undermined thelong-standingprincipleof the scheme, and opened the way for its extension to large numbers of people in mainstream housing.
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It is along-standingprinciplethat the increase accruing as unearned profit to developers and owners should be taxed for the benefit of the community.
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It is a verylong-standingprinciplethat those who perform potentially polluting activities must be obliged to meet the high standards that the public expect.
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This is, therefore, along-standingprinciplein contributory benefit, and one which is widely accepted.
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That is, of course, along-standingprinciplethat funeral costs are the first call upon the estate of a deceased.
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This is along-standingprincipleand no one is questioning that now.
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There is along-standingprinciplethat if a defendant attacks the character of a prosecution witness his own previous record becomes admissible.
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But the fact remains that to extend the scheme in that way would run counter to thelong-standingprinciple.
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