Sentence examples for behind the principle from inspiring English sources

Russia also hides behind the principle of noninterference in the case of the Iranian nuclear program.

The reasoning behind the principle is that molecular crowding at the site of the tertiary carbon centre blocks the sequence of molecular events that underlies the SN2 mechanism.

Mr. Peskov said Russia stood firmly behind the principle of territorial integrity and saw no major separatist movements within its borders.

"What we need is to get the country behind the principle first, which is to lower rates by broadening the tax base, then proceed to do it," he said.

But the silencing of organised opposition has not brought peace to the country's decision-making elite, even if its members claim to be united behind the principle of clerical rule.

"In Libya, he is grappling with persisting tensions in U.S. foreign policy that can be managed but not resolved — between mulitilateralism and unilateralism and in confronting a humanitarian challenge rooted in the character of the Qaddafi regime, which is seeking international cover behind the principle of state sovereignty".

This is what my mole said: Everyone is behind the principles of the reforms.

Such countries, he says, "hide behind the principles of sovereignty, non-interference and Southern solidarity, but their real aim is to curb criticism".

"The membership is standing firmly behind the principles at stake here," said Jim McCarthy, a crisis-management consultant based in Washington who was hired by the club.

Another Twitter commenter, @the_itch1980, said the magazine was hiding behind the principles of satire and free speech but was actually racist.

Behind the principles on both sides lie three sets of fears that lend network neutrality its force fears over competition, censorship and creativity.