(Recording) He says parliament could come up with an electoral law within a few months, but out of principle, the people should decide the fate of the law and express their views about the upcoming election.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

He was influenced by Thomas Malthus' work, "An Essay on the Principle of Population" written in seventeen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

but that,by our frame of government, that principle has not been made one of legal obligation;

VOA: special.2009.02.09

All legislation,all government,all society is formed upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness,and courtesy.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

that negro slavery is violative of that principle;

VOA: special.2009.02.09

"It's there.Same like Indonesia, we have hundreds of languages and we live under the same principle unity in diversity."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

"I have agreed in principle to a new British force level of 9,500, which will be put into effect once these conditions are met,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

North Korea agreed in principle in 2005 to scrap its nuclear program, including a presumed arsenal of several nuclear weapons, in exchange for energy aid and diplomatic benefits.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Her comments this week follow those she made in January, when she said Internet freedom has become a fundamental principle of American foreign policy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

But veteran AU observer Kenneth Mpyisi of the Institute of Strategic Studies says despite the appearance, the majority of members remain committed, at least in principle, to democratic values.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Jiang also accused developed nations of abandoning the principle reached in earlier accords, which require them to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but do not make the same requirement of developing countries.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

the Hudson Institute scholar argues that the principle cause of continued violence in the Middle East - and the reason so many peace initiatives have failed - is Arab culture itself.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"Our concern,clearly, was that tensions were heating up and that they need to calm down, and that indeed these tensions were diverting the government of Pakistan away from its principle enemies - al-Qaida and the Taliban,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"So instead of maybe doing a lecture on a scientific principle, we may learn a science song about it, or a rap or perform a dance that sort of uses our body to explain a scientific phenomenon.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25