Example sentences of "in principle [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Departments of Environment and Transport could have agreed that in principle it was better not to encourage more cars onto the roads by building better motorways . |
| 2 | As to the second argument , the Court accepted that in principle it was desirable to entrust supervisory control to a judge , concluding that the rule of law implies that executive interference with individual rights should be subject to effective control which should normally be the judges on the ground that this offers the best guarantee of independence , impartiality , and proper procedures . |
| 3 | In the secondary modern schools , though in principle it was pursued as a primary goal , as it was in the few technical schools that survived , yet because of the increasing aspiration within the schools themselves that their pupils should be seen to do as well as grammar school pupils , the practical gradually came to be despised there as well . |
| 4 | By a letter dated 9 March 1990 , Mr. White , National Sales Manager of the Norwich Union , wrote to the applicant , saying that in principle he was : |
| 5 | In principle I was quite prepared to oblige . |