There were some conscientious objectors who suggested that the job should be turned down on principle.
We stood on principle of one-man, one-vote and that we believe every vote should be counted.
In 2008, they agreed on principle to resolve the feud by jointly developing gas fields.
One Democrat who voted for the contempt charges said he did so on principle, not politics.
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How do we develop kids who know how to govern themselves based on principle?
The West should treat all religious groups fairly on principle not as a part of any trade-off.
Now the agency rejected it on principle, but others just as passionately took the other view.
Many, such as Fidelity, the world's largest retail-fund firm, rule them out on principle.
Even consensus on principle such as over the need to promote alternative energy often breaks down in practice.
There's standing on principle, Swayne says, and then there's cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Some sports bosses, such as FIFA, the global body that runs football, shun such devices on principle.
Too often organizations, especially those resistant to change, stand on principle when they really are standing on process.
On principle alone Rosa purchased only what was on sale, her eyes lighting up at the word clearance.
The arguments against single-sex education come primarily from civil-rights and women's groups who oppose publicly-funded segregation on principle.
To fund their fighting, the Khmer Rouge became businessmen -- people they would once have killed on principle.
Against bail-outs on principle, it has pushed for some of the biggest (in Turkey and Brazil) in practice.
Some have females attached to them, and she eliminates these on principle: why work harder than you need to?
Since she had eschewed leather on principle (together with meat and alcohol), she would sometimes wear white wellingtons for evening.
Mr. GILLESPIE: Well, let me just say, I think a lot of the members who cast their vote on principle.
But when it has a chance to stand on principle, and call Obama out, the leftwing bloggers run for the weeds.
Mr Lilley wants to reassure voters that the Tory commitment to health and education is based on principle as well as expediency.
These groups are sincere in their belief that only by standing on principle can the party draw a sharp distinction with Mr. Obama.
The aides told me they weren't going to stand on principle, that they would have to get a practical way for a recount.
He opposed the war not on principle but for fear of casualties: he had been presented with estimates that ran high as 40, 000.
EU. While European negotiators agree with America on principle, they say it is not worth risking the entire negotiation over a relatively small dispute.
Its pleas fall on receptive ears because both mendicant and benefactor are agreed on principle: That it is a federal business a duty!
But Gaza is ruled by the Islamist movement, Hamas, which on principle opposes a negotiated peace based on two states existing side by side.
Anne Barlow, an academic at the University of Essex who has interviewed many cohabiting couples, says that few of them reject marriage on principle.
More than anyone else, he turned Republicans away from accommodation with Democrats and into a party that will hold out on principle and win fights.
Some fund managers do not engage in softing on principle, they say.
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