Sentence examples for a principal virtue from inspiring English sources

A principal virtue of CD's is their ability to provide ample and accurate bass.

Current proposals to change government accounting to hide the surpluses from politicians are unlikely to be any more successful.A principal virtue of my proposal is that the funds deposited by the government in the PRA would be outside the government budget.

The principal virtue of this how-de-do is to confirm a conviction that spray-can "writers" may lend a certain gritty virtuosity and daring to vandalizing a subway car, but brought in from the cold they are revealed as raw, immature talents whose admirable energy finally fails to compensate for poverty of substance.

Obama did the best he could to make a positive case for the path he has chosen, but — chillingly, bleakly — the principal virtue of his choice remains the vices of the others.

If the setup seems curious enough, the director's handling of it is as sticky and soft as a soap opera; the fact that Jacobs made it for a pittance outside the studios — that he made it at all — is its principal virtue.

Modesty may be Moira Dryer's principal virtue.

The principal virtue of this project is its intimacy.

The principal virtue of cultivation of row crops is the control of weeds.

Russia's experience, however, suggests that the principal virtue of the flat tax is its simplicity.

Since the crisis, 23 OECD members have provided extra training for job-seekers and 21 extra help with looking for work.The principal virtue of these policies is to offset the effects of generous and extended unemployment benefits.

For all the fighting words about the PFI, its principal virtue to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, as to their Conservative predecessors, is that it hides the true cost of public-sector spending programmes.