sacred principle

collocation in English

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sacred
adjective
uk
/ˈseɪ.krɪd/us
/ˈseɪ.krɪd/
considered to be holy and deserving respect, especially because of a connection with ...
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principle
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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(Definition ofsacredandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In any case, we believe that the liberty of the subject is asacredprinciplewhich must be protected in some way or other.
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I do not think it is asacredprinciple.
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What is happening to thesacredprinciplethat a person is considered innocent until he is proved guilty?
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Why should the principle of blacklegging be exalted into asacredprinciplewhen it comes to the defence of the country?
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They do not see thesacredprinciplethat buttressed the poll tax for so long—the principle that everyone must pay something.
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They will not have theirsacredprincipleinvaded.
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These are questions that cannot be brushed aside on the basis that subject access is asacredprinciple.
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It is said, too, that in some way we have infringed thesacredprincipleof not interfering in the domestic rights of another country.
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Thesacredprincipleis that in a criminal trial the trial should be fair.
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We are doing it without moving against thesacredprincipleof the free library.
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I cannot see whatsacredprincipleof liberty requires that they should remain uninhibited in organising the breakdown of law and order from behind the scenes.
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Freedom of speech is asacredprinciple, but it cannot be applied at the cost of our children's right to grow up harmoniously.
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It is a verysacredprinciple.
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I think that watertight national sovereignty is nosacredprinciple, but something which must be modified from time to time in the interest of higher causes.
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Diarchy itself is very obviously not asacredprinciple.
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The principle of access for all irrespective of means is asacredprinciplewhich must be preserved, but there may be other ways in which it can be promoted.
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He also said that there was no question of anysacredprinciple, that the applicant was entitled to retain his freedom once he had obtained it.
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Here is an opportunity for striking a blow on behalf of the sacred principles of the trade union.
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It has incurred the condemnation of shipping companies and, worse than all, it is a sin against the sacred principles of free trade.
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That cuts across some of the sacred principles of market traders.
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