sound principle

collocation in English

meaningsofsoundandprinciple

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sound
adjective
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/saʊnd/us
/saʊnd/
not broken or damaged; healthy; in ...
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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 ofsoundandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While this is asoundprinciple, in reality in busy departments such information is not always present: budget constraints may mean that at certain times of year supplies are limited.
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It is not asoundprincipleto treat doctors as agents of social policy rather than of medical policy.
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It is surely asoundprincipleof administration that decisions should be taken at the lowest level that they can be taken with reasonable efficiency.
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This is asoundprincipleand therefore why cannot we encourage somebody else to provide this protection while we sell the goods?
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He was devoid of conviction, which is not surprising because his case lacks anysoundprincipleand intellectual foundation.
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I never believed that it should do that, because the two-year requirement recognises loyalty, which is asoundprinciple.
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That is asoundprincipleto be followed in this case.
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With respect, that is not asoundprinciplefor legislation.
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I am not sure that this is asoundprincipleof legislation.
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I should like strongly to support this amendment which seems to be based on a verysoundprinciple.
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Generally speaking it is, we think, asoundprincipleto keep civil and criminal remedies and punishments in their own separate and distinct categories.
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We have to try to seek thesoundprinciple.
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I agree that asoundprincipleis involved here.
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It is thoroughly bad, and on onesoundprinciplealone.
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He is trying to apply a verysoundprincipleof taxation, namely, to collect taxation on money in the country where that money is earned.
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I suggest, first, as asoundprinciple, that it is wrong to tax education and that it is wrong to tax welfare.
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That is not asoundprincipleof law, but one must provide some kind of protection against vexatious litigation.
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I do not consider that to be asoundprinciple.
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That is the only reason why we have departed in a very limited sense from what we believe to be asoundprinciple.
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That is a verysoundprinciple, and it applies very well in this matter.
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