Sentence examples for backed in principle from inspiring English sources

May said she would look at plans, backed in principle by the Labour MP Tom Watson, to require public servants to report allegations of child abuse to officials in a form of mandatory whistleblowing.

MSPs on the committee backed in principle the proposals in the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill.

Earlier this month legislation to introduce same-sex marriage in Scotland was backed in principle by the Scottish Parliament, though the Church of Scotland and Catholic Church remain opposed to it.

Later the park authority voted to back "in principle" the idea of Blaenau Ffestiniog becoming part of the park.

That is why the government, though it backs in principle an application to join the EU, insisted that this week's referendum had nothing to do with EU membership.

Robert A. M. Stern, the dean of Yale's Architecture School, said he declined to sign the petition because he objected to its use of the word "demand," but that he backed it in principle.

As so often in the EU, much will hinge on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the bloc's most influential leader, who has backed Juncker in principle but also said it will take weeks of negotiation before a candidate emerges.

Echoing Barack Obama's comment that his views had "evolved" when he declared his backing (in principle, not policy) for gay marriage, Rudd says he has been thinking about "the meaning of marriage" for a long time, and "I won't hide the fact that this has been a long and difficult journey for me".

The 54 members of Uefa, whose president Michel Platini was one of those who voted for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup in December 2010, have given their backing in principle to the likely decision to move the tournament to winter to avoid searing summer temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celcius.

The justice minister, Dominic Raab, said that "in principle" he backs increasing the maximum sentence.

He did not join fellow business leaders in signing a letter endorsing the coalition's austerity cuts back in October, declaring that "in principle" he will not put his name to open letters.