"core precepts" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to fundamental beliefs or principles that are widely accepted as true. For example, "The core precepts of democracy are freedom, equality, and justice."
The techniques and methods may differ, but the core precepts are the same.
It is impossible to mainstream elements of white supremacist discourse without strengthening its core precepts in the process.
In Wilson's reform program at the Paris peace conference, based on proposals for disarmament, democracy and free trade, Mandelbaum finds the core precepts that would emerge victorious and self-evident at the end of the cold war.
Initiatives with larger numbers of objectives, investments, and participating stakeholder groups all reported significantly higher numbers of positive outcomes, suggesting significant value in the core precepts of the integrated landscape management approach.
Making the haircut calculations all the harder to calculate is that for the first time in the euro currency union's short history a member country will be forced to curtail the free movement of capital — one of the core precepts that underpins the ideal of monetary union in Europe.
In the country's external relations, he has reaffirmed and reinforced all of the core precepts that underlay the Bush push for permanent global supremacy.
If the core precept of improv is "Yes, and...," Carell, as an interviewee, prefers "Instead, and......
Its core precept: "You don't have to follow the American definition of dating.
If the core precept of improv is "Yes, and...," Carell, as an interviewee, prefers "Instead, and..."...
Delaware corporate law holds as a core precept that the corporation's goal is to maximize shareholder value.
Obviously, those with money and power always enjoyed substantial advantages in the US justice system, but lip service was at least always paid to the core precept of the rule of law: that - regardless of power, position and prestige - all stand equal before the blindness of Lady Justice.
