declaration of principle

collocation in English

meaningsofdeclarationandprinciple

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declaration
noun[C]
uk
/ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/
an announcement, often one that is written ...
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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 ofdeclarationandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Adeclarationofprinciplemight have provided both reassurance to the public and guidance to broadcasters, which would have been more effective for coming from an independent body.
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That was before his utterance on the generaldeclarationofprinciple.
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I always thought that it should have remained as a simpledeclarationofprinciple.
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At the end of the day we have made it clear that this is bound to be adeclarationofprinciple.
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They decided to extend theirdeclarationofprinciple, and they reached their decision this time without any consultation of the kind they had undertaken in 1966.
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In our opinion, anydeclarationofprincipleshould assert the concept of public service and the fact that it is always relevant, even in the etymological sense.
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So far, he has been persuaded into adeclarationofprinciple.
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That is adeclarationofprinciplewhich has to be clothed in a variety of ways.
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The fifth thing that a broadcasting council would be able to do is to make an occasionaldeclarationofprinciple.
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It is not a simpledeclarationofprinciple.
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The declaration stands as a freestandingdeclarationofprinciple, of consent and of rejection of violence.
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I have read that section but that is a generaldeclarationofprinciple.
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Having made thatdeclarationofprinciple, they refused to implement the law and were fined.
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If anyone asked for adeclarationofprincipleto be expressed in hard cash, that would be it.
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It is more than adeclarationofprinciple: it is a statement of law.
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I now ask him to reflect very carefully as to what he has, in fact, committed himself to by thatdeclarationofprinciple.
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I am not referring here to some tenuous statement of intent ordeclarationofprinciplewhich may, when inconvenient, be ignored.
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There is nodeclarationofprincipleof any discernible kind.
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That is not exactly a ringingdeclarationofprinciple.
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We want a definitedeclarationofprincipleand policy in this question.
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The new schedule setting out the reviseddeclarationofprincipleand intent is an improvement on the original.
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