Sentence examples for back on the principle from inspiring English sources

Few would argue that Britain should turn its back on the principle of being "a force for good in the world", but Afghanistan has revealed that we are very ill-prepared for such a long-term commitment.

Without going back on the principle of subsidiarity, we must support the initiatives proposed by Mrs Pack, complementing the pilot activities already under way.

If the threat of some deluded terrorists can drive the liberal system to turn its back on the principles upon which it claims to be founded, and to degenerate into surveillance, coercion and majority tyranny over the minority, I hate to think how it would react if faced with the danger of armies stationed at its borders, mutiny, coup d'etats, invasion, or occupation.

"Turning their backs on the principles that made them great.

With its decision this week, the court turned its back on this principle, and on two men whose sentences are a clear miscarriage of justice.

Gordon Campbell, the Canadian High Commissioner to the UK, told the BBC that Sri Lanka had "turned its back on the very principles that the Commonwealth espouses".

What matters is how companies at their worst stage are able to change the tide by going back to the principles they were built on.

Some officials turn their backs on the basic principle that all are equal in the eyes of the law, and instead treat people differently based on who they are.

Faced with the "blooming, buzzing confusion" of the real world, policymakers often fall back on the highest-order principles and the broadest presumptions.

The British parliament is voting later on Thursday on whether to back the principle of military intervention, but the leader of the opposition Labour Party has said MPs should not have to decide on what he called an "artificial timetable".

Children are often sent back to abusive homes on the principle of the sanctity of family.