1.   Once Asquith had accepted the principle of state-financed pensions he had to Decide to whom they should be paid.

2.   To his great credit, he persuaded the brewery companies to accept the principle of independent arbitration.

3.   However, even where this basic principle is accepted, there are a variety of exceptions.

4.   At the same time, if we accept, accept the principle of the equality of the sexes, the proportions no longer matter.

5.   Although the principle was accepted in the end, marked conceptual differences began to appear.

6.   Any politician who accepted these principles, he said, was welcome to join his government.

7.   As part of that accord, the Georgians want the Russians to accept the principle that their forces in Georgia should not exceed those of the modest Georgian military.

8.   Belgrade has accepted the principles before, but putting them into a substantive, detailed peace settlement is the current difficulty.

9.   Beijing, which regards Taiwan as a breakaway province, has refused to negotiate with Taipei until Chen accepts the principle of a single China governed from Beijing.

10.   All figures follow U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.