Sentence examples for principle to let from inspiring English sources

Some landlords, the council noticed, refused on principle to let to people on housing benefit.

It also agreed in principle to let a pipeline pass through its territory so Russia could sell natural gas to South Korea.

Paul Tucker, the BoE's deputy governor, said this week that British authorities were ready in principle to let American regulators resolve American banks with big London operations; such public assurances were noticeably absent on the other side of the Atlantic.

United said the bank, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau had agreed in principle to let the airline delay a $300 payment due on Nov. 17, and a $200 million payment due in early December.

How could anyone be opposed in principle to letting taxpayers manage a minuscule fraction of their own money (their own money, dammit!) if they want to?

The Obama administration should also be faulted for opposing California's effort to comply with United States commitments under the Washington Principles to let claims be decided on the merits.

Jackson will likely earn votes this year for healing a fractured relationship with Kobe Bryant, having departed from his principles to let Bryant take control and push starters like Smush Parker and Kwame Brown to at least eight more victories than the Lakers achieved last season.

He made it a principle never to let other people's feelings stand in his way.

To let go of that principle is to let go of a fundamental bedrock of our system of government.

If you are still in school, and religion is a subject, ask your principle or teacher to let you take off religion.

Despite some private wavering among his staff, Mr. Kostunica stuck to his principles, and refused to let Mr. Milosevic require a second-round runoff through vote stealing.