It seems to me that it is unrealistic to try to have discussions and say to the opposite party as a precondition to discussions we want the principle concession that we are after.

他说：“在我看来，在跟对方进行谈判之前，先把我们想要得到的主要妥协作为先决条件提出来，恐怕不现实。”

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Party committees at all levels function on the principle of combining collective leadership with individual responsibility based on division of work.

党的各级委员会实行集体领导和个人分工负责相结合的制度。

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The proposal is a great guiding principle based on historical materialism and its creative application in the Party construction.

这是建立在唯物史观基础上党的建设的伟大纲领，是唯物史观在党的建设上的创造性运用。

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North Korea has said punitive U.N.action would bring about the collapse of the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks, in which North Korea agreed in principle two year ago to scrap its nuclear program in return for energy aid and diplomatic benefits.

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"Our voters stopped thinking of us as the party of principle because we lost our commitment to, and confidence in, our core principles, " he said.

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For example during the party's welfare review, should a One Nation Labour Party defend the principle of universal benefits - or would its concern for the poor cost, for example, better off pensioners their winter fuel allowance?

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He added that his party supported the merit principle in recruitment and found the controversial 50:50 policy for PSNI recruitment "offensive".

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