Democrats said they were willing to pay that price to stand up for the larger procedural principles of the Senate.

They are the electrons with the largest principle quantum number.

We have developed a craving for real nobility, large principles, passions with scale and profound commitments.

The crime, supposedly, is the Army's, but behind the Army stands a larger principle.

Though the dollar amount is relatively small, the company and Galesburg residents cite a larger principle.

But there are larger principles at stake here than a round of talk show appearances.

For hizzoner, it's as if there were no larger principle involved.

"There is a much larger principle at stake here," he added.

But Robert Chira, a lawyer who represents opponents of the project, said there is a larger principle at stake.

The specific lesson involves race and politics; underlying it is a larger principle of cultural context, something scholars call framing.