vital principle
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I know that you will feel angry and let down by the lack of consultation and by the way the proposal failed to recognise the vital principle of open competition.
From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2021
The federal civil rights remedy was never a complete solution, but it stood for a vital principle about women’s equal rights.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2018
The document will be lauded for establishing one vital principle.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2014
The sanctity of bond agreements is a vital principle.
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2014
But these were the highest honors allowed Boerhaave; his particular system was soon subverted by Stahl, who proved the supreme superintendence of an immaterial, vital principle, corresponding to that pointed out by Hippocrates.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George