broad principle

collocation in English

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broad
adjective
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/brɔːd/us
/brɑːd/
very ...
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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 ofbroadandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbroad principle

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No doubt their approach would be the same inbroadprinciple, but in detail it might well be different, and properly so.
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I wish to probe this matter a little further inbroadprinciple.
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That is a different thing from thebroadprincipleof having an interest in political activities.
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I am sure that inbroadprincipleit will happen but it is important to know what will happen if it goes awry.
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But when we are discussing race relations we ought to have some regard to the practicalities as well as to thebroadprinciple.
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Thebroadprincipleof marriage as a 'sacrament' ordained for women cannot have been distasteful to early colonial commentators.
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This had allowed interested individuals to take national authorities to national courts in an attempt to benefit from thebroadprincipleof non-discrimination and the free movement of workers.
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The challenge comes when we are applying abroadprinciple, such as survival of the fittest or utility maximization in economics, without undue plasticity or excessive hindsight bias.
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We have to make up our minds on a question ofbroadprinciple.
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Thebroadprinciplerunning throughout this policy is, roughly, that the hand which finds employment is the hand which pays benefit.
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Inbroadprinciple, he agreed with what we were doing in this matter.
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That is thebroadprincipleof the basic price.
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First, as abroadprinciple, the pension received by the average worker will in any system be paid for in full by the worker.
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A more admirable speech upon thebroadprincipleit would be impossible to hear.
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That is thebroadprinciplethat underlies the allocation.
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But subject to the case of service thebroadprincipleis that the author retains the copyright unless he has expressly parted with it.
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What we have to deal with in this matter is thebroadprinciple.
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On thebroadprinciple, of course we will listen to what is said during the consultation period.
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On the ground ofbroadprinciplewe do not oppose the increase.
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We base ourselves on thebroadprinciplethat it is just.
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