Sentence examples for standing principle from inspiring English sources

Ministers argue that the long standing principle that citizens of EU countries should be allowed to live and work in other member states does not amount to an automatic right to claim benefits abroad.

The president's second concern was that in passing this bill, Congress upends the long standing principle of foreign sovereign immunity.

Still, there are a few standing principles, the same ones that govern markets everywhere.

The press release for the show, written by the Brooklyn-based artist, reads like a manifesto, or rather an anti-manifesto, a challenge to photography's standing principles regarding pristine, controlled darkroom procedures.

Making assumptions about the contours of future litigation involves mere speculation, and doing so flies straight in the face of long standing principles of Rule 12 law by extending the inquiry to what might be divulged in future litigation.

He surely isn't standing on principle, for what principle would that be?

The rule we announced so recently in ASARCO renders examination of respondent's standing in the state courts through the lens of federal standing principles completely irrelevant.

"It's never a tough vote for me," he said, "when I'm standing on principle". Turns out reelection mattered more to him than any principle.

"But there's a caveat, and this is critical: While a majority of independents, Democrats and swing voters are for compromise over standing on principle, a majority of Republican voters are against compromise and for standing on principle".

Standing on principle may be partly generational.

The Bush administration is standing on principle.