principle

• Not unnaturally, the friends of the project (and in 1910 all parties save the Radicals gave it their support) regard the outcome in 1910 as a certain forecast of eventual victory In nine of the cantonal governments, beginning with that of Ticino in 1891, the principle has been already put in operation. —  The Governments of Europe
• True, the Venerians have a second thumb, but the principle is the same But chemically, the bodies are probably very different. —  Islands of Space
• Not that the principle was adopted; it was rather tolerated than accepted. —  The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• The panel may be made of one board or of matched boards, may be plain or have raised or carved surfaces, or be of glass; and the joints between frame and panel may be embellished with moldings mitered in, but the principle is the same in all cases The frame of a door, Fig. —  Handwork in Wood
• Illustrations of this principle are as follows: Before proceeding with other processes, a working face and working edge and as many other surfaces as will finally appear in the finished piece, should be trued up. —  Handwork in Wood

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