universal principle

collocation in English

meaningsofuniversalandprinciple

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universal
adjective
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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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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(Definition ofuniversalandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theuniversalprincipleis right but somehow we are doing things which are not quite right.
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The principle is—and it is a firm anduniversalprinciple—that contracts should be observed, and should be observed strictly.
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That is auniversalprinciple, from which we cannot escape.
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Is it auniversalprinciple, or are the trade unions special, as is so often the case?
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This means that the mostuniversalprinciplethat he works with is that of goodness, not infinity.
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In the application of ouruniversalprincipleof pattern recognition, we necessarily make a distinction between information and information processing.
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Yet despite these differences, both fall into the same trap of special pleading when it comes to extrapolating their favourite mechanism into auniversalprinciple.
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Here as in other situations, however, government made an argument on the basis of popular will instead ofuniversalprinciple.
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Following such auniversalprincipledoes not ease the representation task, and many times introduces unnecessary burden for modeling.
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In the case of legal sanctions, oneuniversalprincipleis that they are appropriate for a breach of duty where they have been so prescribed.
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Common-sense rules yield reasons that prove a moral conclusion only if a strictlyuniversalprinciple certifies that the case at hand does not escape their jurisdiction.
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In the four languages, global marking combines strongly with local marking following theuniversalprinciple by which speakers prefer to place new information towards the end of the utterance.
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In conclusion, it is claimed that the phrase-level parallelism effect on noun phrase number agreement is embedded in auniversalprincipleof linguistic use: parallel processing.
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It is obvious, however, that the solution cannot be a matter ofuniversalprinciple, since, crosslinguistically, vowel apocope sometimes triggers compensatory lengthening, and sometimes does not.
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But all the particulars are governed by theuniversalprinciple.
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I say you have not made out any sufficient case for departing from thatuniversalprinciple.
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Indeed, they appear to hate theuniversalprinciple.
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Not only humanity, but logic and economy demand that that should be auniversalprincipleto sentencing by our courts.
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We cannot at the same time maintain theuniversalprincipleand expect that we can increase benefits.
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