Usage examples of "par principe" in French with translation to English

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Ils communiquent par gestes. They communicate with each other by gesture.
Mais ce même principe doit s'appliquer aux perceptions musulmanes de l'Amérique. De même que les Musulmans ne correspondent pas à un vulgaire stéréotype, l'Amérique n'est pas le vulgaire stéréotype d'un empire égoïste. But that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire.
Il était énervé par le meurtre de ses camarades. He was angered by the murder of their comrades.
Une bonne théorie se caractérise par le fait de faire une série de prédictions qui, en principe, pourraient être réfutées ou mises en défaut par l'observation. A good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.
Nos vies sont déterminées par notre environnement. Our lives are determined by our environment.
Il tient pour principe de faire une promenade chaque matin. He makes it a rule to take a walk every morning.
La première fois que tu rencontres une personne, tu devrais être attentif à la proximité avec laquelle tu te tiens par rapport à elle. The first time you meet people, you should be careful about how near you stand to them.
J'ai pour principe d'étudier les mathématiques chaque jour. I make it a rule to study math every day.
Je paierai par chèque. I'll pay by cheque.
Il tient pour principe de ne jamais parler des autres en mal. He makes it a rule never to speak ill of others.
Fred fit peindre la barrière par son petit frère. Fred had his little brother paint the fence.
Il prétend, ma chère Gertrude, avoir trouvé le principe et la source du dérangement de votre fils. He tells me, my dear Gertrude, he hath found the head and source of all your son’s distemper.
Elle m'attrapa par le bras et me retint d'aller chez moi. She caught me by the arm and stopped me from going home.
En principe, pas seulement chez les humains mais aussi chez les animaux, une « parade sexuelle » survient, consciemment ou inconsciemment, à l'égard des individus de sexe opposé. As a rule, not only in humans, but also in animals, "sexual display" occurs, consciously or unconsciously, towards individuals of the opposite sex.
Sa conduite lui fut dictée par l'esprit de groupe. He was actuated by community spirit.
Il enseignait la contemplation comme moyen de purification spirituelle et permettant d'atteindre la Voie, principe qui représente l'idéal spirituel de l'humanité à son plus haut degré. He taught contemplation as a means of spiritual purification and the attainment of the Dao, a principle that signifies the highest spiritual ideals of mankind.
Lorsque vous naviguez sur la toile, vous pouvez être pisté par des sites. When you surf the web, you may be tracked by websites.
Les espérantophones sont en principe toujours au moins bilingues. Esperanto speakers are in principle still at least bilingual.
C'est un scientifique qui est respecté par tous. He is a scientist who is respected by everybody.
Supposer de la justice pour faire cela, c'est détruire le principe de son existence qui est la chose elle-même. To suppose justice to do this, is to destroy the principle of its existence, which is the thing itself.
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