"break the principle" is a correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It means to go against or violate a set rule or belief. Example: The CEO's decision to cut corners on safety regulations was a clear example of breaking the principle of putting employees' well-being first.
Moreover, because the tax credit would be based on household incomes, it would break the principle that men and women should be taxed independently.
And they don't break the principle that there should be free movement because many British people benefit from moving inside the EU to live and work in other countries".
It follows that Smoluchowski's trapdoor could not operate as it would break the Principle of Microscopic Reversibility.
However, if the tribunal agrees with the commissioner's enforcement action and the data controller continues to break the principles, it may be a criminal offence.
"I do not see myself why an emergency brake on these lines means breaking the principle of freedom of movement.
Every shadow science minister accuses every science minister of breaking the principle – irrespective of which parties are in and out of office at any time.
Mr Tsipras may calculate that European creditors will give way in order to avoid a Grexit, which would hurt the euro zone as a whole by breaking the principle that membership of the single currency is irrevocable.
Was she trying to say, he asked Dr. Correoso, that if morphine killed a patient, "you wouldn't mind?" "Then you've already broken the principle of double effect," Dr. Correoso replied.
If you are part of a network and being unfairly excluded because other companies want more control, that's wrong and breaks the principle of the internet which is about opportunity, new ideas and a global concept.
The above video, created by YouTube user mcwolles, depicts a real-life version of the Dutch artist's 1961 lithograph "Waterfall". Just as in Escher's version, it appears that the water breaks the principle of conservation of energy as it recirculates with water flowing upward and defying gravity.
By setting up a special cancer drugs fund he broke the principles of Nice, providing high-cost drugs regardless of their QALY benefits.
