Sentence examples for the basic precepts from inspiring English sources

Identify the basic precepts behind at least four world religions.

And that's an attitude that flies in the face of the basic precepts of an egalitarian society.

It would be far more difficult for either Fidel or Raúl Castro to emulate their neighbors in the Caribbean, without challenging the basic precepts of the Cuban revolution.

The basic precepts of the rule of law are challenged daily as court decisions are subjected to the interests of the authorities.

Mr Blair and Mr Brown also bowed to the basic precepts of Thatcherite economics (privatisation, a flexible labour market and so on).

He said the convictions were "most disturbing" to Washington because they were part of a succession of prosecutions of political activists and summary death sentences that are "fundamentally incompatible with the basic precepts of human rights and democratic governance".

In a struggle to rehabilitate its image since the scandal erupted, Siemens has draped a dense net of rules over the company to familiarize everyone with the basic precept that money-for-business is no longer standard practice.

"House demolitions constitute collective punishment, and are contrary to both international law and the basic precept of Israeli law that a person must not be punished for the acts of others," say the group.

"We patented many of the things we invented and respect patents," he wrote, "but the use of a purchased patent (which we've known about for years) that so clearly describes something far from what we do — and using it in a way that has nothing to do with protecting your core business — is not, to me, respectful of any moral underpinning of the ethos of business or the basic precept of fair dealing".

She notes that the basic precept that developing brains are more vulnerable to neurotoxicants usually applies to prenatal and infant exposures, not to exposures in childhood or young adulthood.

The basic precept of saving for contingency as advised for in the early step needs mastering.