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Meanings of general principle in English

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Usage of general principle in English
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This case illustrates a general principle: keep all options on the table.
High performance mysql, 2nd edition
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The same general principle is used that planes employ in the air.
The new yorker
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The general principle of design may be gathered from the accompanying diagram.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
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These data argue against cargo diffusion after exocytosis as a general principle.
Pubmed
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Amid the pressure of great events a general principle gives no help.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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Historical men-world-famous individuals-arethose in whose aims such a general principle lies.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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But for us Christian people that general principle has to be expanded.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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As a general principle, such legislation is unsafe, unwise, partial, and unconstitutional.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
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Because of my past-no ,juston general principle- Iresentedthat like crazy.
To catch a thief
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As a general principle, I believe, the more words the better.
The Irish Times
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But every general principle seemed lost in the base inveteracy of private hatred.
Holland: The History of the Netherlands
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Don't think that I'm against the idea, as a general principle.
Cold Days
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And he erected this practice into a general principle in the following passage:-
Wordsworth
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As to the general principle involved in your wish I make no comment.
The Lady of the Shroud
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Right in general principle, he thus necessarily became wrong in particulars.
Among My Books. Second Series
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As a general principle, greater transparency is hard to argue against.
Radio NZ
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