the essential features of the constitution are non-negotiable
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The expectations of Amish women are non-negotiable.
Asked if Labor's stance was non-negotiable, Latham said that ‘we won't be changing our position‘.
‘European values are non-negotiable,’ said Mr Verheuygen.
Really, those are also almost non-negotiable.
By saying that these demands are non-negotiable he has ensured that domestic political considerations will prevent any kind of negotiation.
It is non-negotiable, says Prime Minister Helen Clark.
Freedom is the non-negotiable demand of human dignity; the birthright of every person - in every civilization.
Certain fundamental principles are not only non-negotiable, but should also be a source of pride for the UK, including defending the right to asylum and safeguarding the Human Rights Act and 1951 convention on refugees.
And to remain competitive those things which they believe are non-negotiable (tax, exchange and interest rates) would by default be significantly constrained if not actually imposed by what is decided in Brussels.
The union has rejected the report out of hand and claimed it had been told that the 11 per cent was non-negotiable and would be linked to 4,500 job losses and the closure of scores of fire stations.
He said: ‘We have got to decide what parts of the health service we think are non-negotiable.’
To Lucien, loyalty to France is non-negotiable.
Tonight I want to cast the net widely to look at some of the threats and challenges facing the media in the 21st century, and I want to do it from a starting point of what I believe is fundamental and non-negotiable.
‘For some students this is a non-negotiable issue, and from my point of view it's unsustainable,’ Stevenson replied.
He specified ‘the rule of law’ as a non-negotiable.
Our fundamental security should be non-negotiable.
Indeed, arguably there are non-negotiable demands of human reason that apply universally in international attempts to understand and evaluate any particular political tradition or cultural way of life.
At first, Mr Desmond was reluctant to sell any shares back to Telenor and Communicorp but he then came up with the non-negotiable price, said Mr Digerud.
That was something that was totally non-negotiable as far as I was concerned.
Time is fast running out and the deadline is non-negotiable.
1.1(of a document) not able to be transferred or assigned to the legal ownership of another person.
（文件）不可转让的
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The parties were to be presented with a non-negotiable document.