vital principle
Example Sentences
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The federal civil rights remedy was never a complete solution, but it stood for a vital principle about women’s equal rights.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2018
The document will be lauded for establishing one vital principle.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2014
The sanctity of bond agreements is a vital principle.
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2014
It may achieve its specific ends, but in taking down its enemy, it will leave a vital principle floundering in its wake.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013
The earth is at rest in the centre of our system, supported by the air, as our body is by the vital principle.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
