The suggestion that it would be better for party leaders to hand out a last-minute nomination to their personal favorite conflicts with modern democratic principles.

In this last position he organized the first public primary, secondary and vocational instruction to be founded on modern principles.

This is however probably bad practice and in direct violation of modern principles of classification.

The 3 and 5 ton vehicles having 4 or 6 cylinders respectively were made to the then most modern structural principles.

This medical institution is based on modern principles of health care.

But what's really amazing is the extent to which this plan is a retreat from modern principles of government.

He thus anticipated modern principles of blood sugar measurements.

Lighting, heating, ventilation have all been carried out on the most approved modern principles.

It must contain modern and comprehensive principles in this domain.

This about-face in perception demanded something more than simply modifying modern principles.