basic principle

The basic principle involved in the test was quite straightforward.

“It’s made me more of a sensitive person and more aware of the basic principles of life and mortality,” he says.

On that count, voters face a choice that extends far beyond the Middle East — not on the details of diplomacy, but on basic principles of American foreign policy.

The basic principle is that people should pay tax once - not twice - on pensions.

The next 22 presidents would leave the basic principles of the civil service intact.