Sentence examples for for a precept from inspiring English sources

For a precept to be fair, it must apply no matter who transgresses.

No need to organize special seminars, no need to create complex events; just allow six people to sign up for a precept, or 20 for a lecture, or 10 for a lab (or whatever) and let 'em kibitz.

For that reason, the Shinshū school has never instituted celibacy as a precept for its clergy, and in modern times other schools of Japanese Buddhism have also abandoned the rule of celibacy.

"Having a precept for FSI and SIFP students is a great way for them to stay connected with each other and make use of the scholarly community they started to build at FSI," Gonzalez said.

Trailing behind, I saw Skip vanish over the top of a steep hill and down into a dry creek bed: so much for never cantering downhill, a precept drilled into most of us by riding teachers.

An author's productive intention is often expressed by cognitive artifacts which show the character of the intended artifact and the way it should be constructed, for example, a drawing, a diagram, or a model of the artifact, together with a list of parts and materials and a set of instructions (a precept) for the production process.

Is that puerility a precept for raising children or inspiring adults?

This made the setting familiar, unofficial and unstructured, a precept for participation.

The concept, known as the Haldane Principle, has been a guiding precept for science spending but never a requirement until now.

It is an apt precept for Ms. Loesch, a 39-year-old conservative radio talk-show host and political commentator who views the world through a lens of fear and violence.

It was a fundamental precept for Mr. Stone, who began immediately to work on the screenplay.