Sentence examples for were principles from inspiring English sources

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were principles

noun

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

  • We need some sort of principles to reason from.

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The culture wars produced some intellectually serious books because there were principles involved.

I was taught that humility and tolerance, caring for the less fortunate and seeking peace were principles to live by.

Underlying the early expressions of humanism were principles and attitudes that gave the movement a unique character and would shape its future development.

When Adam finally extricates himself from Canning and settles near his brother in Cape Town, his idealism is tempered: "There were principles, rules by which one should live, and these hovered in the air, shining and inviolate.

There were principles by Nicholas Steno, Lyell, and others.

The principles derived from them were principles of "how principles were established".

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There are principles at stake, say Palestinians.

It's principles above personality".

But there are principles and principles.

These are principles of design.

They are principles.

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