Sentence examples for rather principled from inspiring English sources
Messy as the saga has been, it is only fair to acknowledge that this has been a rather principled mess.
It wasn't selfishness but, rather, a principled egoism.
Most of what it contains is pragmatic rather than principled.
It's a moment of excessive presumption rather than principled protest that ends the rise of the title character.
And that's why I suspect his attempt to enforce a distinction is strategic rather than principled.
"Hillary has made herself look political on this rather than principled," said Robert L. Borosage of the liberal Campaign for America's Future.
"Thereafter, the city adopted a pro-cycling policy, albeit on pragmatic rather than principled grounds," Oldenziel writes.
Her pre-election decision to shut down seven nuclear-power plants looked panicky rather than principled, and may have made matters worse for the CDU.
Clarke explains that "France, with its tradition of l'état tutélaire rather than principled laissez-faire, did not need to be disabused of these classical fallacies".
Given that David Cameron had called the referendum for tactical rather than principled reasons, why should they expend scarce resources on putting together an effective referendum campaign?
Surely it's not age that decides whether you're a good MP but rather being principled and honest and effectively representing the views of your constituents?
