Sentence examples for the accepted principle from inspiring English sources

"If this happens, so much for the accepted principle of separation of church and state".

"He is aware that during a period of separation resulting from a matrimonial dispute his wife purported to change her name, but they were afterwards reconciled". The Home Office reluctantly threw in the towel, saying that even the daughter's suicide was not enough to justify depar ture from the accepted principle that the owner of the grave had to give his consent.

The court of appeal, responding to an attempt by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) to overturn last summer's verdict, said the key issue that needed to be examined was the accepted principle that the British government should "not grant a licence if there is a clear risk that the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law".

Of course, the President never had to press for unilateral punishment, an idea that runs counter to the accepted principle of international law of non-resort to force except in self-defense.

Efficacy of TENS depends on the (accepted) principle that an optimal effect requires an adequate dose.

Then, in a second stage, the principles of second-order Peano Arithmetic are derived from Hume's Principle and the accepted principles of second-order logic.

Gödel came to suspect that the continuum hypothesis is independent of the accepted principles of set theory (ZFC).

All animal experiments were performed according to national regulations which are comparable to the accepted principles for laboratory animal use and care of the European Community guidelines.

The research was conducted in accordance with the accepted principles for laboratory animal use and care (Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources 1985), and animals were treated humanely and with regard for alleviation of suffering.

The generally accepted principle is that the model with the fewest parameters that can adequately describe the process has to be selected [33].

Animal housing and the bioassay was conducted in accordance with the internationally accepted principle guidelines of the European Union on Animal Care CEE Councill 86/609).