"We're voting, in principle, for or against the system".
Bowlsby was arguing, in principle, for minor-league basketball — or, at least, better minor-league basketball.
Opinion polls show overwhelming support, in principle, for more policemen on the beat.
They are hollow, lightweight and strong, making them suitable, in principle, for many tasks.
A few of these cases have been settled in principle for several hundred million dollars.
Within Parliament and the legal profession, there was widespread support in principle for reform.
Paul Krugman: It's possible in principle for the Fed to buy long-term bonds, and it might make a difference.
A deal has been agreed in principle for the wideman although Everton will not meet Palace's £30m valuation.
During his stopover in Brussels this week, Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed American approval "in principle" for this approach.
But in January, he reached an agreement in principle for a global alliance with the Italian automaker Fiat.
The trade with Finnmark (now the northernmost part of Norway) was reserved, in principle, for merchants of Copenhagen as well.
