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long-standing principle

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long-standing
adjective
uk /ˌlɒŋˈstæn.dɪŋ/ us /ˌlɑːŋˈstæn.dɪŋ/
having existed for a ...
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principle
noun
uk /ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/ us /ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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That long-standingprinciple has served this country well for hundreds of years, and it should be upheld.
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We have no plans to alter this long-standingprinciple.
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But it is a long-standingprinciple that benefit sanctions are imposed if people unreasonably cause or prolong their own unemployment.
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Charging for additional police services is a long-standingprinciple, authorised by statutes going back at least to the 19th century.
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He will not depart from the long-standingprinciple of the confidentiality of such reports.
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In fact, it has been a long-standingprinciple that the capital of family members is taken into account.
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The long-standingprinciple that university employees in medicine do not pursue private practice for personal gain is already beginning to be eroded.
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That is a long-standingprinciple of the benefit system.
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There is a long-standingprinciple that the law in this country tries to prevent civil injustice.
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It is a long-standingprinciple that electors should vote in person except where circumstances more or less outside their control prevent it.
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In those circumstances it is right to carry forward the long-standingprinciple of abatement from unemployment benefit.
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It is a long-standingprinciple that people receiving benefit have a responsibility to confirm their continuing entitlement on a periodic basis.
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The judgment thus undermined the long-standingprinciple of the scheme, and opened the way for its extension to large numbers of people in mainstream housing.
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It is a long-standingprinciple that the increase accruing as unearned profit to developers and owners should be taxed for the benefit of the community.
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It is a very long-standingprinciple that those who perform potentially polluting activities must be obliged to meet the high standards that the public expect.
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This is, therefore, a long-standingprinciple in contributory benefit, and one which is widely accepted.
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That is, of course, a long-standingprinciple that funeral costs are the first call upon the estate of a deceased.
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This is a long-standingprinciple and no one is questioning that now.
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There is a long-standingprinciple that if a defendant attacks the character of a prosecution witness his own previous record becomes admissible.
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But the fact remains that to extend the scheme in that way would run counter to the long-standingprinciple.
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