Example sentences of "[verb] in principle [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delegates representing miners in most Soviet coalfields held a week-long congress in mid-June in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk , at which it was decided in principle to set up an independent miners ' union . |
| 2 | In another step , a ministerial committee announced on March 19 a plan to dissolve Lebanon 's 10 militias , which had agreed in principle to give up their arms . |
| 3 | Banks involved with London 's Canary Wharf project agreed in principle to put up another £500m ( $186m ) to get the project back on the road again — under their ownership . |
| 4 | Saur has agreed in principle to buy out its partner to produce closer ties with its other operation , Cambrian Environmental Services . |
| 5 | They agreed in principle to draw up an " Agreement on Reconciliation , Non-Aggression and Co-operation and Exchange Between the North and the South " , incorporating proposals from both sides on signing a non-aggression declaration , measures for reconciliation and the promotion of exchanges and economic co-operation . |
| 6 | Following a visit to Rangoon , the capital of Myanma , by the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister , Mustafizur Rahman , in late November , Myanma agreed in principle to take back all refugees who had crossed into Bangladesh in recent months to escape persecution . |