1.   And it would largely abandon the principle of progressivity, under which the wealthy pay higher rates than the middle class.

2.   She is a woman of integrity who has never abandoned her principles for the sake of making money.

3.   They abandoned the principle for the council tax, so no argument in principle remains.

4.   Mr Neil Kinnock, the leader of the opposition, was condemned as a man who had abandoned his principles.

5.   Now he claims to have abandoned this principle, apparently for no other reason than the pursuit of electoral palatability.

6.   America should not abandon its principles of openness and freedom.

7.   And if the past is any indicator, both parties will happily abandon principle and switch positions to gain the upper hand.

8.   After all, did not the Court today abandon the principles of law it has applied in our earlier sex-classification cases?

9.   Bush made a point of saying Monday that religious groups that sought an entree to government would not be asked to abandon their principles.