I agree with it in principle but I doubt if it will happen in practice.

我原则上是同意它的，但我怀疑在实践中它是否会发生。

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I'm not opposed to a core curriculum in principle, but I think requiring a foreign language is unrealistic.

原则上我不反对必修课程，但是我认为把外语列为必修课是不现实的。

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I use this example to simply demonstrate the principle.

我用这个例子来简单地证明这个原理。

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I believe the declaration that "all men are created equal" is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest;

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I would suggest that in the context of Beyond the Pleasure Principle we could re-title Tony the Tow Truck as The Bumpy Road to Maturity.

我建议我们可以在《超越快乐原则》的基础上,将《托尼的拖车》改写为《通往成熟的颠簸之路》

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That's what, in principle, we can do and what I think is the most important concept in finance--this concept of risk pooling.

原则上，这就是我们能做的,我认为这也是金融业最重要的概念,即风险汇聚及分摊。

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It seems like I mention this principle in almost every blog I write.

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Whilst I believe that principle from the bottom of my heart, I have to admit I still harboured for many years a secret disdain for awards (and the self-congratulatory hubris that surrounds them).

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"I don't have a problem with the general principle but I don't think the way we're doing it is terribly clever, " he said.

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