Sentence examples for principles in the face of from inspiring English sources

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In the face of.

If people act in the face of something, they do it despite it or when threatened by it.

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By refusing to compromise their principles in the face of intimidation, they have earned the respect of the world.

Holding to core principles in the face of change, traditional Chinese music is more "classical" than anything in the West.

Our generation, too, has to act on democratic — and constitutional — principles in the face of arrogant use of power".

By all accounts, Mr Hubbard's main success has been to preserve market principles in the face of terrorism.

With luck, this cover will finally start a discussion about the dangers of unequivocal support for one person, and the abdication of principles in the face of fear of losing votes.

Advocates in environmental groups said they would keep an eye on their former colleagues to see if they could maintain their principles in the face of the competing interests of government.

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Congratulations to Representative Steve Largent for sticking to principle in the face of the political expediency of the moment ("Elian Needs His Dad," Op-Ed, April 5).

By understanding this, I came to share his disquiet and admire his decision to defend that principle in the face of the most extreme and emotionally charged response.

Noting their agreement on those crucial baseball issues, Costas said that if he shows such "steadfast devotion to principle in the face of opposition on larger issues facing the presidency, they're going to have to make room on Mount Rushmore".

This is the so-called Neurath Principle: in the face of conflict between a protocol and theoretical statements, the cancellation of a protocol statement is a methodological possibility as well (Neurath 1932/1983, 95, Haller 1982).

I always knew that the homeopathic principles fly in the face of science.

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