Members of the coalition walked out of the negotiations soon after they began on Wednesday, citing what they called Mr.Gadhafi's lack of respect for the democratic principles they espouse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

The SEC was very controversial at first because it was seen as interfering with business and the U.S. Has been built on principles of individual freedom; this seemed like unnecessary government intrusion.

起初,证券交易委员会引起了许多争议,因为人们认为它会干扰商业运作,个人自由是美国的立国之本,政府的干预似乎并非必要

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Maybe other principles of hermeneutics will place much more stress on innovation or novelty or difference, but you're not sure people can understand unless they share a great deal of common ground."

也许诠释学的其他原则更强调,创新，独树一帜，与众不同，但你不能保证人们都能理解,除非他们有很多相同之处“

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The House and Senate versions agree on core principles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The president that I work for, I always saw him trying to get first to the best policy based on his principles.

我辅佐的这位总统，我总会看见他努力根据自己的原则,规划出最好的政策。

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'We'll talk about all the issues that need to be addressed as long as there's mutual respect and a recognition of the sovereignty of both countries.' And,I think that if we would move in that direction, based on those principles, we'd see some great things happen."

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

Why,when dealing with harmony and bass lines, do I want to start by focusing on popular music and then apply those principles to classical music?

为什么在处理和音和低音线时，我是否需要注重流行音乐然后将这些原则应用到古典乐上？

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

"What we are doing,folks, we are rolling up our sleeves and we are getting down to business and getting back to the common sense conservative principles that made this country the greatest country on earth, and we are not going to sit down and shut up."

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

And we noticed the built in pressure to try to bring into alignment our judgments about particular cases and the principles we would endorse on reflection.

然后我们发现,要在特定案例之下，自圆其说我们的判断,校正我们一再确认的原则，难度越来越大。

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The city, as Aristotle understands, will always exist in a world with other cities or other states, based on different principles that might be hostile to one's own.

城市，如亚里士多德所认为，将永远会,和其它城市或国家同时存在，根于不同的管理原则,可能还会对自己人怀有敌意。

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