Sentence examples for principal criterion from inspiring English sources

If kebab production were a principal criterion for European Union membership, Turkey would have been admitted a decade ago.

Gottsched's principal criterion for the production and reception of literature was reason.

The principal criterion for such behaviour would appear to be that the female must remain with her brood until after they begin to hatch.

Starting as soldiers and noncommissioned officers, service nobles were to progress through the ranks on the basis of merit and longevity; eventually the latter became the principal criterion.

The San Francisco-based not-for-profit website Watsi finds donors who help fund healthcare around the world, the principal criterion being that the medical intervention will be life-changing.

Deontological theories use the concept of their inherent rightness in establishing such standards, while teleological theories consider the goodness or value brought into being by actions as the principal criterion of their ethical value.

"The new second tier presenters did not have the substantial network profile that might attract prime-time audiences that was supposed to be the [BBC's] principal criteria.

According to a widely-accepted series of tests developed by the Princeton scholar Professor Rahul Sagar, in his book Secrets and Lies, there are three principal criteria which define a whistleblower.

Mr. Bush answered somewhat evasively, saying the principal criteria he would use to pick a vice president were whether the person was ready to become president and whether the person liked him.

The new second tier presenters did not have the "substantial" network profile that might attract prime-time audiences which was suggested to be the principal criteria in selection, the judgment said.

When Liberia began spiraling into chaos this summer, Mr. Bush set down three principal criteria for a wider American role: the departure of Mr. Taylor, a cease-fire between his government and rebel forces and a leading role to be played by an African peacekeeping force.