Principal
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753 examples of Principal in a sentence
The
principal
aim of the system is to protect Europe and the US from possible attacks by short- and medium-range ballistic missiles from Iran and North Korea.
If the US government defaults, however, all of them will “break the buck,” meaning that they will be unable to maintain the
principal
value of the money that has been placed with them.
If Germany is Russia’s main economic partner, why should not France be its
principal
strategic partner?
The
principal
response of governments to historicide has been to ban traffic in stolen art and artifacts.
In the case of today’s
principal
threats to the past, this means discouraging young people from choosing radical paths, slowing the flow of recruits and resources to extremist groups, persuading governments to assign police and military units to protect valued sites, and, when possible, attacking terrorists before they strike.
The relative absence of legacy investments is the
principal
reason why green power is Africa’s best energy option.
Two
principal
factors are driving this shift.
Some borrowers miss interest payments; others are unable to roll over
principal.
This is unlikely to happen as long as Iran and its
principal
regional rivals, the Gulf states (led by Saudi Arabia) and Turkey, view one another’s geopolitical calculations in zero-sum terms.
There is cruel irony in the observation that in the country which Jinnah created in the name of Islam, that noble faith itself now constitutes the
principal
challenge to the very survival of the state.
The Georgian government views the Abkhazian and Ossetian conflicts as the country’s
principal
security threat and impediment to development.
But, while the pursuit of self-interest may be advantageous in certain contexts, it is not the only, or even the principal, driver of human behavior – and it is not conducive to overcoming today’s most pressing global issues.
Looking forward, investors can protect themselves against inflation in the US by buying Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), which index interest and
principal
payments to offset the rise in the consumer price level.
Ethnic conflicts in that part of the world are at the basis of political instability, and of many economic failures: given that it is now possible to be small and prosper, one of the
principal
costs of secessions has been removed.
Capitalism could be reconstructed after World War II because it was buttressed by three necessary types of regulation: social security, which served as a
principal
stabilizer, at least in the developed countries;Keynesian tools to fight domestic cyclical downturns; and a universal high-wage policy aimed at stimulating general consumption, without which the genius of capitalism – mass production – does not work.
Meanwhile, Europe has become the
principal
source of arms to Brazil and Chile, and some EU countries – notably France – are showing growing interest in the Argentine-Brazilian nuclear agreement of February 2008 and in deepening military contacts.
Human-induced climate change stems from two
principal
sources of emissions of greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide): fossil-fuel use for energy and agriculture (including deforestation to create new farmland and pastureland).
The Italians and Spaniards are right: the
principal
reason for the size of the spread between the periphery and Germany is convertibility risk.
And it is the ECB’s credibility problem, not that of member states, that is the
principal
reason for unsustainably high borrowing costs in Italy, Spain, and other distressed eurozone countries.
But, since the growth model in vogue at the time laid
principal
emphasis on capital accumulation, China was widely held to have the advantage, because it could raise its investment rate higher than India, where democracy limited the extent to which the population could be taxed to increase domestic savings.
Helmut Kohl, one of the euro’s
principal
parents, said in 1991 that “the idea of sustaining an economic and monetary union over time without political union is a fallacy.”
It would have a prosecutor and a reasonable number of judges, nominated with a view to balanced representation of the world’s
principal
legal systems and geographical regions, and to gender equity.
They wanted the Prince of Wales, the
principal
British representative at the ceremony, to pay court to China’s president (though they did not demand that he bow before handing over the keys to the city).
Governments in those West African countries that are the
principal
producers and consumers of illegal drugs should fund prevention, treatment, and harm-reduction initiatives, rather than only investing in interdiction and law enforcement.
In short, university research is the
principal
intelligence agency of civil society.
Part Two would describe the EU’s key institutions; their
principal
powers and the relations between them.
Still, they give him credit - 68% of them - for having the power to resolve the country's
principal
problems.
Still others accept that government could in
principal
do something useful, but believe that it normally does not, and that the risks outweigh the benefits.
If I borrow euros at 4% for ten years, I know that I will have to pay back 4% of the
principal
owed as interest in euros every year, but I don’t know what this amounts to.
Cost-benefit analysis is a
principal
tool for deciding whether altering it through mitigation policy is warranted.
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