strict principle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrictandprinciple
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strict
adjective
uk/strɪkt/us/strɪkt/
strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do ...
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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 ofstrictandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In courts of summary jurisdiction and sheriff courts, thestrictprinciplehas been relaxed, but only as regards variation of the amount payable.
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That would be straying from thestrictprincipleof the clause.
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Nobody would stand on thestrictprinciplethat the whole revenue would be vitiated by the abolition of this duty.
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It is true of every concession that it must necessarily be a departure fromstrictprinciple.
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That is a rather fine, but still no doubt logical and just interpretation of thestrictprincipleof betterment.
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It is a difficult thing to harmonisestrictprinciplein regard to expenditure of this kind, which benefits the land, with the need in practice for getting on quickly.
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He has clearly shown that in order to meet the problem of woman-power thestrictprinciplethat was applied to the war service grant has been set aside.
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It follows, therefore, that instrictprinciplethere is a case for saying that such pensions ought not to be supplemented when the value of money changes.
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It seems to me that the criminal law has always adhered to the verystrictprinciplethat we ought to confine retrials to the absolute minimum.
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I refer to departing from strict principles in the appointment of the judiciary.
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His secret society was guided by his philosophy and governed by strict principles and guidelines.
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Kamalnayan was a man of strict principles, which he never swerved from.
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Kelley was a man of strict principles, advocating the recruitment of black troops in the civil war, and the extending of the vote to them afterwards.
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