consistent principle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsistentandprinciple
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consistent
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪs.tənt/us/kənˈsɪs.tənt/
always behaving or happening in a similar, especially ...
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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 ofconsistentandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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And that effort must rest on clear and consistent principles of justice, equity and fairness.
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What is required is a fresh statement of the law of aliment in clear terms and on consistent principles.
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The legal code securing human rights and equality of treatment should be based upon consistent principles and be user-friendly.
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We will encourage independent-sector agencies and employers to adopt consistent principles.
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Traffic warning and direction signs should be not only of standard pattern, but sited on consistent principles throughout the country.
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At the same time, there existed aconsistentprincipleof equality in groups of elders and youths.
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All the time the trouble has been that their policy has never been based on anyconsistentprinciple.
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By contrast, the letter shows a lack ofconsistentprinciple.
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Once one gives up pursuing aconsistentprinciplein this matter, one loses one's way.
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Aconsistentprinciplelies behind all three amendments.
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It picks and chooses between these categories in a manner which fails to conform with anyconsistentprincipleat all.
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While we are making these de-rating proposals, the onlyconsistentprincipleis that the de-rating should be in favour of those industries which are productive.
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So long as the exemption of groups of workers is permitted at all, exemptions should be based on someconsistentprinciple.
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Their oneconsistentprinciplewas that they were for the preservation of the country's existing institutions more than for their reform.
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That has been aconsistentprinciple.
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We are applying aconsistentprinciple.
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However, little effort was made to define terms and establish consistent principles.
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It must be a deductive system with exact, self-evident, consistent principles.
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More importantly, in reading through the chapters on very different disorders, one senses the consistent principles and concepts that bind them all together.
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But would they find it any easier to identify correct and consistent principles to govern their interventions?
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