He said all opposition parties had "welcomed in principle" a switch to independent regulation.
What is more, such asteroids could, in principle, be identified and, with plausible technology, nudged aside.
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They said they are "not opposed in principle" to people contributing towards their criminal legal aid.
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said Labour remained opposed in principle to lifting the ban.
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"In principle, it could sit well with the village, it does feel right, " he added.
South Africa has recently approved in principle the use of culling to control populations.
The religious scholars eventually came to a sensible consensus that coffee was, in principle, permissible.
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In principle, most democratic nations have constitutions that bind the behavior of government officials.
Whatever the particular differences, the Heritage mandate was indistinguishable in principle from the ObamaCare one.
But, in principle, simply the existence of totalitarian states is an affront to democratic values.
The agreement in principle is subject to completion of definitive documentation and all necessary approvals.
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Even those who support state finance in principle differ about how it should be done.
In principle, he could remain neutral, or even say that he opposes Lord Jenkins's idea.
This system is not all that different, at least in principle, from our current tax system.
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Accepting income redistribution in principle still leaves many questions about how it should work in practice.
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Mr Sadr agreed in principle last month to trade armed insurgency for peaceful party politics.
Peto agrees in principle, although he thinks in this case the analysis was proper.
The first question to ask of such an approach is, could it work in principle?
The Palestinians have accepted the plan in principle, while Israel has yet to officially respond.
The prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, agreed in principle that they should do their service.
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The project is supported in principle by Labour, but it has warned about its timetable slipping.
This point is true in principle, but the effect is likely to be extremely small.
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We have to put people in principle and evidence ahead of raw political influence.
And hedge funds are not in principle the place for bullish bets on Asian growth.
North Korea has acknowledged in principle that it does not need nuclear weapons to protect itself.
In principle, all this would give any foreign buyer a commanding position in Brazil.
In principle, this makes it possible for women to compete with men on an equal basis.
Most polls suggest that voters agree with Mr Obama and the Democrats in principle.
More often, they resist it in principle, and have little time for the research involved.
Other European countries including Spain, Belgium and Germany have said they are ready in principle.
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