Collocations withprinciple
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absolute principle
I repeat that there is no absolute principle involved.
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abstract principle
Therefore, obligations to help parents do not exist as an abstract principle of firmly established norms, but are created concretely through interaction over time.
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accepted principle
It is also becoming a more commonly accepted principle in international arenas.
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aesthetic principle
They may be regarded as a weak and watered down perpetuation of 'ghastly good taste', rather than demonstrating an aesthetic principle of real force.
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alphabetic principle
The alphabetic principle is more relevant to reading responses to words than to providing sound labels for isolated letters.
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anthropic principle
Secondly, appeals to the anthropic principle need not be embraced for broad understanding.
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basic principle
It reinforces a basic principle of historical research.
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basis of principle
The shrimp sector is minuscule in the overall economic activity of the country, and any challenge would therefore have been on the basis of principle, and not economic interest.
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broad principle
The broad principle of marriage as a 'sacrament' ordained for women cannot have been distasteful to early colonial commentators.
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cardinal principle
The duty to relieve suffering is, after all, an ancient and cardinal principle of medical ethics.
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conflicting principles
With that principle we have to reconcile a conflicting principle.
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conservative principle
I find no basic conservative principle in selection at 11.
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consistent principle
At the same time, there existed a consistent principle of equality in groups of elders and youths.
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constitutional principle
The courts found, however, that the age limit did not contravene the constitutional principle of equality.
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core principle
Thus, a core principle of grammar develops before one of the constructions it regulates is produced in child language.
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cosmological principle
Cosmologists agree that in accordance with observations of distant galaxies, a universe must be non-static if it follows the cosmological principle.
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declaration of principle
So far, he has been persuaded into a declaration of principle.
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democratic principle
Citizenship is central to the democratic principle of self-rule, and the distinction between citizens and subjects.
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ecological principle
Some mathematical problems concerning the ecological principle of competitive exclusion.
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egalitarian principle
Having probably already had a lifetime of health, under the egalitarian principle, they would tend to move down the priority list.
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engineering principle
It is clear that the other leaders of the member states are seeking to transfer resources on that socialist engineering principle, which will not work.
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equitable principle
In this way the same equitable principle will govern the rent determined for unfurnished dwellings in both public and private sectors.
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equivalence principle
Note that this is not the equivalence principle premium.
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essential principle
Several different types of readout have been devised more recently, but the essential principle is the same.
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ethical principle
The philosophical concept of dependent moral status thus makes a crucial appeal to the ethical principle of beneficence.
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exclusion principle
Fermions obey the exclusion principle, bosons do not.
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following principle
This assumption, which has informed phonological analyses for the past three decades, is captured in the following principle.
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foundational principle
I think the most plausible form of consequentialism has a foundational principle that is impartial, maximizing and focused on the consequences of rules.
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founding principle
Such transfer of family wealth is likely to help widen social stratification rather than working as a redistribution mechanism which is a founding principle of the welfare state.
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fundamental principle
The prevalent view was that the concept of the equality of states as a fundamental principle of modern international law should be superseded.
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general principle
It is hard to imagine how the particular fact could be used, in turn, to explain the general principle.
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governing principle
Is there a governing principle in their organization and structure?
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ideological principle
But the material self-interest of the proprietors grew logically into ideological principle, imposed and sustained in the legislation of the polity.
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key principle
The other key principle, that the state must be a nation-state, was less remarked upon.
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legal principle
Accordingly, he was required to identify a relevant legal principle that could be applied to the twins' 'unique' situation.
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libertarian principle
The difference between them hinges on how many exceptions, and of what kind, to civil libertarian principle they were willing to tolerate.
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long-standing principle
That long-standing principle has served this country well for hundreds of years, and it should be upheld.
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mathematical principle
However, this approach conflicts with a very important mathematical principle which states that one cannot arbitrarily modify a time-frequency representation of a signal.
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matter of principle
Naturally the fight was not just over a matter of principle, but also one of professional jealousy.
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metaphysical principle
I said above that religions are concerned with a supermundane reality that consists either of sentient supernatural beings or of a metaphysical principle that underlies the universe.
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methodological principle
Educated guessing does indeed constitute the methodological principle underlying the present text; yet some readers might ultimately demand less guesswork and more education.
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moral principle
If we are inclined to draw any conclusion, we do so on the basis of some moral principle as yet unspecified.
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normative principle
Chapter 7, on health care, is used to illustrate the limits of a normative principle of equal opportunity.
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operating principle
They do not reflect the final reliability or repeatability, but they can be used as an index for grippers that have the same operating principle.
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ordering principle
It is based on the weak ordering principle (see sect. 2.1 above), extended to gambles or lotteries among outcomes.
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organizational principle
The overarching organizational principle of this paper is, of course, that of developmental grammars.
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organizing principle
The basic organizing principle for my tabulation is that, depending on type, variants fall within a rather broad range according to probability or significance.
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overarching principle
Within that overarching principle, there is a role for community hospitals.
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overriding principle
An overriding principle of interaction and social order was the rule of respect (intlonipho) towards seniors, especially towards those of one's own descent group.
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philosophical principle
This is why it is much easier to determine whether a philosophical principle is true than to determine the extent of its validity.
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pleasure principle
She presents women as pure subjects of the pleasure principle.
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precautionary principle
Some call for outright bans, citing the "precautionary principle" on the development of technologies that have the potential to significantly change human nature.
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principle of autonomy
The first, the principle of autonomy, states they ought to do what those under their care request.
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principle of causality
For example, all philosophers accept the principle of causality.
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principle of conduct
All members of my staff, paid from public funds, are governed in this respect by the general principles of conduct which apply to civil servants.
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principle of conservation
The approach was based on the principle of conservation of kinetic energy.
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principle of democracy
That would violate a central principle of democracy, namely, equal citizenship (anonymity of the voter).
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principle of design
Another important principle of design appears where the supporting structure was designed as a separate and independent physical system rather than a movement space.
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principle of discrimination
I do not think we can ever get away from the principle of discrimination.
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principle of economics
But a simple principle of economics is this.
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principle of equality
Some egalitarians are so-called "strong" egalitarians in that they do want to say that the principle of equality should outweigh other principles and values.
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principle of equity
There are competing principles often put forward as the "correct" principle of equity, and the most appropriate one may depend on the circumstances.
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principle of fairness
The principle of fairness requires contributions in return for benefits, but that rarely takes place in international environmental cooperation.
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principle of freedom
And in this context, the invocation of a principle of freedom, potentially "in favor" of those who fail morally, is familiar and broadly accepted.
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principle of justice
Our conclusion is that the principle of justice has little or no influence on the student's developing professional identity.
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principle of liberty
This, of course, would have violated just about every underlying principle of liberty and freedom that fueled the revolution.
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principle of morality
While the semi-barbarian stood on the principle of morality, the civilized opposed the principle of pelf.
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principle of non-intervention
We have elevated the principle of non-intervention in the nuclear family to the point of ideological dogma.
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principle of parsimony
Not surprisingly, in the light of the history of cladistics, appeal is then immediately made to the hallowed principle of parsimony.
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principle of proportionality
A number of other amendments on sanctions need to be examined with regard to their compatibility with the principle of proportionality.
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principle of reciprocity
But the principle of reciprocity itself was never doubted.
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principle of respect
The principle of respect for autonomy is increasingly under siege as a valuable component of healthcare ethics.
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principle of selection
We remain firmly committed to the principle of selection, allowing schools to choose how they bring in that selection.
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principle of self-determination
Taken together, these three spheres of human liberty constitute the principle of self-determination, understood in both its individual and social sense.
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principle of self-government
It is the whole basic principle of self-government that you hand these powers over to them.
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principle of separation
The next sentence is as direct a rejection of the principle of separation of levels as one could hope to have.
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principle of solidarity
The problem was one of inequity in distribution within these systems, which favoured the elite, not the principle of solidarity.
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principle of sovereignty
The principle of sovereignty is now under siege, so that under grave humanitarian crisis the international community should have the upper hand.
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principle of transparency
An additional explanation is that younger children are more influenced by the principle of transparency.
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rational principle
What determines what is right is the relevant rational principle.
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regulative principle
He observed that the author of the treatise advanced a new regulative principle for handling dissonances based on time/space considerations.
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revolutionary principle
It cannot be a very revolutionary principle that somebody should be allowed to speak his own language in his own country.
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sacred principle
In any case, we believe that the liberty of the subject is a sacred principle which must be protected in some way or other.
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scientific principle
If a monetary saving could be justified by a scientific principle, all the better.
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simple principle
These surveys were based on a fairly simple principle of estimation.
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socialist principle
It is important to apply the fine socialist principle of the redistribution of wealth by taxing the highest earners at a higher rate.
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sound principle
While this is a sound principle, in reality in busy departments such information is not always present: budget constraints may mean that at certain times of year supplies are limited.
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statement of principle
What was needed instead was a statement of principle to which the courts could give effect.
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strict principle
In courts of summary jurisdiction and sheriff courts, the strict principle has been relaxed, but only as regards variation of the amount payable.
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structural principles
This revealed with complete clarity the structural principles of cantilevered stairs.
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subsidiarity principle
As with the current fund, the new proposal is based on the subsidiarity principle.
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theoretical principle
In practice, the theoretical principle that the human landscape is dichotomous, divided a priori between an externalized materiality and an internalized cognitive image, is relatively simple to demonstrate.
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underlying principle
Roughly speaking, the underlying principle is as follows.
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unifying principle
One may therefore regret that there is no apparent unifying principle in the book.
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universal principle
This means that the most universal principle that he works with is that of goodness, not infinity.
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utilitarian principle
Using this principle would result in treatment of comparatively fewer patients than using a straightforward utilitarian principle.
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very principle
This in turn sometimes led workers to substitute their own authority for that of the owners, to challenge the very principle of authority itself.
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well-established principle
It is a well-established principle that certain classes of road user must identify their presence for the safety of other road users.
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