Well, that's a rather dramatic example, but the same sort of thing in principle can happen to all of us.

这是非常戏剧性的例子，但同样的事原则上会发生在所有人身上。

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Anything that's built up out of parts, you could at least in principle worry about the parts coming apart and hence the thing being destroyed.

任何由部分组成的东西,至少原则上讲你都可以担心,这个东西会四分五裂，走向毁灭。

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So this is a good thing and principle for security.

所以这是个好事情，为了安全的原理。

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What about this business of a TV debate, Alistair's words were actually my hunch is that at some stage it'll happen, a perfectly good thing in principle, but have you decided that you like the idea, you love the idea, you want to do it?

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The principle thing about the Apache, and why I liked reading about them, is that they had no concept of ownership.

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One thing is clear: principle is all very well, but Russia's priority may well be its interests, and how to secure whatever it can salvage for the longer term.

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