Limbaugh so far hasn't stood up for any consistent principle except his right to stay out of jail.

Political and economic expediency seems to drive these policies, rather than commitment to any consistent principle, including protection of universal human rights.

In three disparate cases, the court held to a consistent principle - the patient's right to refuse treatment where the traditional interests are not threatened.

But in fact he has two consistent principles.

So far he has offered only some loose, not always consistent principles, and translating them into law sounds like a monumental task.

They were not, however, modified according to any consistent principle, but by a variety of ad hoc remedies.

An outline is a list of items, organized according to some consistent principle.

There are no valid criteria and no consistent principles in the world.

In order to decide whether or not to defend parliamentary immunity, Parliament applies its own consistent principles.

It is an ad hoc equation, rarely explained in terms of consistent principles.