I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a court rules/orders/holds sth
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The court ruled that the penalty was not excessive.
a court ruling (= an official decision )
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The company appealed against the court ruling.
a king rules/reigns (= is in charge of a country )
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How could a Christian king rule if he was banned from the Church?
a queen rules/reigns (= is in charge of a country )
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Queen Victoria reigned for over 60 years.
adhered...to...rules
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I have adhered strictly to the rules .
as a general rule
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I hate paperwork as a general rule .
Australian Rules football
basic rules
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Most people nowadays are aware of some of the basic rules of healthy living.
be the exception, not the rule (= used to emphasize that something is unusual )
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Staying married for life seems to be the exception, not the rule these days.
be the exception to the rule ( also be the exception that proves the rule ) (= be different to most other people or things )
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Most of the boys were quite shy, but Larry was the exception to the rule.
cardinal rules
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Having clean hands is one of the cardinal rules when preparing food.
colonial rule
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the struggle against colonial rule
common-law rules/courts/rights etc
enforce a rule/regulation
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The rules are strictly enforced.
gag rule
golden rule
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The golden rule of cooking is to use fresh ingredients.
ground rules
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Our book lays down the ground rules for building a patio successfully.
hard-and-fast rules
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It is impossible to give hard-and-fast rules , but here are some points to consider.
home rule
laws/rules dictate sth
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Federal laws dictate how land can be used.
lay down/establish ground rules for sth
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Our book lays down the ground rules for building a patio successfully.
majority rule
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It took many years of struggle to establish majority rule in South Africa.
maze of rules/regulations etc
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a maze of new laws
mob rule (= when a mob controls the situation rather than the government or the law )
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The leadership had been criticized for giving in to mob rule .
obey the law/rules
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She’s the sort of person who always obeys the rules.
relax rules/regulations/controls
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Hughes believes that immigration controls should not be relaxed.
reverse a decision/ruling
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The Supreme Court reversed the decision.
rule a country (= have complete control of a country )
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For a long time the country was ruled by military dictators.
rule out/exclude a possibility (= say that something will definitely not happen or is definitely not true )
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We can't rule out the possibility that there will be more redundancies.
ruled out foul play
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Detectives have not ruled out foul play .
rules and conventions
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Rules and conventions permeate the whole of social life.
rules and regulations
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We must reduce the number of rules and regulations.
rules/standards of conduct
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In war, there are established rules of conduct.
ruling elite
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a struggle for power within the ruling elite
sb’s heart rules their head (= someone makes decisions based on emotions rather than careful thought )
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He has never been one to let his heart rule his head.
slide rule
stretch the rules
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This once, I’ll stretch the rules and let you leave work early.
strict rules/regulations/guidelines
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There are strict rules and regulations regarding conduct.
the rules of a competition
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Make sure you understand the rules of the competition.
the rules of the game
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It's against the rules of the game to pick up the ball.
the ruling class (= the people in power )
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For a long time, French was the language of the ruling class.
the ruling party (= the party in power )
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The ruling party’s level of support grew throughout the year.
the ruling/governing coalition
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The March elections may weaken the ruling coalition.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
basic
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The basic rules of self-defence are quite simple: keep your eyes open and you can usually avoid trouble.
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Shelter from the storm was a basic rule of humanity and yet not to be misunderstood as an invitation.
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The basic branching rule is very simple.
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The basic rules are First-in-First-Out and When-in-Doubt-Throw-It-Out.
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Society lays down the basic rules of the marriage contract.
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I know there are exceptions to this basic rule .
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Returning to Community legislation, the founding treaties lay down certain basic rules on the publication and commencement of such texts.
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These few basic rules can make your group maximally helpful:-Meet regularly at a mutually acceptable time and place.
colonial
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Critics say that Cable &038; Wireless never adjusted to the loss of its traditional dominance in Hong Kong under colonial rule .
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His Mirror Group papers were non-partisan, but they were, equally, not identified with colonial rule .
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The act of representing peoples under direct colonial rule or as disadvantaged economic partners of the west is therefore also political.
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During seventy years of colonial rule , no university had been established.
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What were the social and economic consequences of the imposition of colonial rule ?
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During colonial rule the people and the leaders had struggled together as one.
communist
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In his broadcast on Saturday Mr Yeltsin said he had been forced to act to prevent the restoration of Communist rule .
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Even though Communist rule is 11 months away, Zunzi is paying the price for his brashness.
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Their country suffered years of economic stagnation and mismanagement under Communist rule .
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But they also engaged in blood feuds, which were outlawed under Communist rule .
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From its balcony, in 1948, Gottwald declared the introduction of Communist rule .
direct
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The decision to impose direct rule followed the expiry of Governor's rule at midnight on July 18.
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By midnight, there was no indication that Milosevic had imposed direct rule in the capital.
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The act of representing peoples under direct colonial rule or as disadvantaged economic partners of the west is therefore also political.
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Basically their socioeconomic structure thus remains as it was under direct imperialist rule .
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For example this happened in 1972 when the Westminster Parliament reimposed direct rule in Northern Ireland.
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In March 1972, the Stormont parliament and executive were abolished and direct rule was applied.
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The path least likely to cause trouble appears to be the continuation of direct rule from Westminster.
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Introducing direct rule had been easy enough; ending it was a problem.
fast
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As long as you are comfortable, there are no hard and fast rules about clothing.
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However, this is not a hard and fast rule and there are numerous exceptions.
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The official departmental view is that no case is exactly like another, and hard and fast rules can not be applied.
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There are no hard and fast rules .
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There is no hard and fast rule: once again, the test is that of ordinary readers.
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But there are no hard and fast rules about the physique of a racing cyclist.
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It's difficult to give a hard and fast rule .
general
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Pay first and object later is the general rule .
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Exacerbations and remissions of the pain are the general rule .
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But as a general rule it can happen at any age and time.
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As a general rule , algae are considered weeds in the aquarium as their growth can not be easily regulated.
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The double bassoon should only be used, as a general rule , in fully scored passages.
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As a general rule , though, the good ones end up in law school.
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There are exceptions to this general rule , however.
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This general rule should solve most of the problems raised by this subject-matter.
golden
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So here are a few golden rules to follow ... just in case the sun keeps shining.
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They discovered and applied the golden rule of leading change: Do unto yourself what you would have others do unto themselves.
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The first, golden rule is that children do not learn at an even pace.
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In terms of the golden rule of change, it caused them to do unto themselves what they wanted others to do.
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Aspiring rock artists should remember one golden rule when dealing with the press: there are no rules.
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So, the two golden rules when buying are to go for quality and buy the largest you can afford.
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Remember the golden rule of legal PR-keep the client in the picture.
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There are two golden rules about school fees planning.
hard
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The official departmental view is that no case is exactly like another, and hard and fast rules can not be applied.
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However, this is not a hard and fast rule and there are numerous exceptions.
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There is no hard and fast rule: once again, the test is that of ordinary readers.
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There are no hard and fast rules .
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But there are no hard and fast rules about the physique of a racing cyclist.
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It's difficult to give a hard and fast rule .
legal
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Equally, any proposed remedies must be addressed more to administrative and procedural practice than to changing formal legal rules .
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Its importance in enabling people to use lawyers to guide them through the baffling maze of legal rules is self-evident.
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Everywhere else it is used in the sense of legal rules embodied in one document.
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His decision to aid the individual is determined by a set of social or legal rules .
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Do you therefore automatically break this legal rule ?
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Nevertheless, the topic is undeniably an important one and it is worth sketching in the legal rules .
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There is not one particular legal rule for each situation which arises or may arise.
military
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The exiled monarch had also called for an immediate end to military rule .
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There was to be no pause for reflection, nor - much less - for a changeover from military to civilian rule .
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It also removed many of the restrictions imposed during the period of military rule between 1964 and 1985.
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Existing political parties were banned, and a period of military rule followed.
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The end of military rule in 1999 was cause for fresh optimism.
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They advocated an immediate end to military rule and the holding of a national conference of all political forces.
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After a period of military rule from March 1967 to April 1968 a republican Constitution was adopted in April 1971.
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Weekend celebrations to mark the end of military rule had led to violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
new
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She was not able to say whether anyone with past convictions had passed the selection process under the new rules .
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Once the dinner behavior is under control, it is time to carry the new rules to new situations.
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He tried to escape the cross-fire by getting the two offices separated but could not get the new rules approved.
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A new rule was adopted by commissioners that would allow them to set a shotgun-only turkey season.
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That triggered a rush of new rules -- more than 1, 100 in two weeks -- to beat the 1995 deadline.
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This would be a system of adhoc law which would suggest that each novel situation warrants the creation of a new rule .
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Bankinter has chosen not to take advantage of the new rules and continues to mark its bond portfolio to market prices.
simple
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Business development professionals often rely on simple rules of thumb to sort potential relationships and weed out unlikely partners.
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Practice these simple rules: Keep cold food cold.
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It is a set of simple rules - a program or algorithm - that tells the developing organism what to do next.
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And can not follow simple rules .
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Here are some simple rules for managing paper: 1.
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Martha discovered that a few simple rules about her home office are helping to maintain this porous and transparent border.
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Mendel started a science that still rests upon his simple rules .
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To create absorbing questions, remember to follow these three simple rules: a. Answer the question immediately.
strict
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But one strict rule they had; oh yes, the strictest.
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Back then, he said, most Orthodox Christians still adhered to strict fasting rules during the 40 days before Pasak.
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At the same time, the protectorate's authorities want to maintain high standards of financial propriety with strict rules .
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Children were routinely beaten for insignificant violations of strict company rules .
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He says we have strict rules and regulations and the flying safety committee make sure they're administered.
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They cling to their religion, its strict kosher rules and ancient rites of worship.
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Within the society that Jane Austen features there are many strict rules .
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The librarians have very strict rules .
unwritten
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Certain unwritten rules may apply with regard to hospitality.
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Although people management is not a science, it has a system of unwritten rules and logic.
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Norms can be thought of as unwritten rules .
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By an unwritten rule , they avoided controversy for the sake of good fellowship.
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Without unwritten rules civilised life would be impossible.
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But managers know the unwritten rules when they enter the business.
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There are a number of unwritten rules or axioms which perhaps need to be questioned.
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There is an unwritten rule in their crowd.
■ NOUN
ground
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Once you realize this you can start treating it like any other interview, and apply the same ground rules .
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The strategic support group ground rules were all they needed to get started.
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There are no ground rules for knowing how to handle these semi-permanent relationships in the context of the larger family circle.
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As long as the ground rules were properly observed, Gutfreund gave it right back.
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Certain commonsense ground rules should be mentioned - discussing marital and financial problems with children, for example, is not advisable.
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Some ground rules for the Cold War, of spirit if not of substance, were needed.
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They are largely caused by a lack of knowledge or understanding in chambers where no ground rules are laid down.
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The owners set the ground rules , then they find all the loopholes to enable them to move players anyway.
home
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Politically he was a radical, keenly interested in free trade and home rule .
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In 1878, Congress abolished what remained of home rule and took over the District.
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In Parliament he was a determined opponent of home rule .
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During the home rule crisis in 1885, Harland made secret preparations to withdraw to mainland Britain if the situation became intolerable.
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If the former, then they have to accept that different unions are possible, devolved, home rule , federal.
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He was mayor of Belfast in 1885-7 and helped co-ordinate the campaign against the home rule bill.
majority
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Is majority rule under a system of parliamentary democracy a sufficient guarantee of legitimacy?
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In the case of spending and tax legislation, majority rule is thus further weakened.
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Many reject democracy in terms of party competition, majority rule and the rule of law.
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Those who peopled them have either been driven out in a bloody liberation war or yielded their political supremacy to majority rule .
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In these weeks, I have had the chance to listen to Joshua Nkomo calling for majority rule now.
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Two working conclusions follow from this, namely, toleration and the qualification of majority rule .
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The majority leadership's specialty became mounting filibusters or using other delaying tactics to prevent majority rule .
■ VERB
apply
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I must apply the same rules to those on the Front Benches as to those on the Back Benches.
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They discovered and applied the golden rule of leading change: Do unto yourself what you would have others do unto themselves.
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Alternatively, an independent trustee may be appointed to apply the trust rules negotiated by the parties.
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Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule.
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And for the pleasure of it I apply my rule to the urban world of glut.
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Chapter 8 analyses the essential elements of an expert clause, applying the rules of contract law.
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In applying these general rules , the courts look at each individual case in light of whatever state statute may apply.
bend
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Only a zombie would risk a child's health by refusing to bend a rule .
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The state government was willing to bend the rules where necessary to stop penalizing employers for creating jobs.
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The willingness to bend the rules to authorize a major invasion of civil liberties contrasts sharply with the Spycatcher case.
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These are urgent issues because the few charities that bend or break the rules put the law-abiding majority at a disadvantage.
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However, it may yet be tempted to bend the rules to admit the two newcomers.
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This bending of the rules was typical of Rabari thrift and good sense.
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The advice on bending the rules came from the then Defence Minister, Alan Clark.
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It can be done, if you, or your travel agent, are willing to bend airline rules .
break
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Minton, meanwhile, became more and more extrovert and seemed determined to break all the rules .
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Bill Clinton has broken the rule against electing the weepy.
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It claims that Milosevic is poised to break the rules that he has himself defined.
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These are urgent issues because the few charities that bend or break the rules put the law-abiding majority at a disadvantage.
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Sure he breaks rules but he gets results.
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I did break the rules and go over and cuddle her in her cot, but not pick her up out of it.
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We are forbidden to ride the Cyclone, though I break the rule , and ride it, but rarely.
change
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Equally, any proposed remedies must be addressed more to administrative and procedural practice than to changing formal legal rules .
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All of these actions say clearly that the rules have changed .
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Will the Department change that rule ?
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A simple act, maybe, but it changed the rules of engagement for ever.
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Lord Justice Ralph Gibson said arguments put forward had spelled out a powerful case for changing the rule .
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Get a free hand to change work rules .
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They wished to change the rules and require the politically committed members to contract in.
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Every new card can change the rules for the whole game.
comply
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Students failing to comply with the rules will be subject to the provisions of Ordinance 1985/7, Students Discipline.
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Several other major oil companies have already taken large write-downs to comply with the new rule .
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Parents must comply with the stringent rules for vehicular access, which are explained in a Headmaster's letter.
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Louis Post-Dispatch have concluded that the transaction largely complied with House rules and was within tax law.
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We have a certificate to run the race and we do comply with all the rules and regulations.
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He is held personally responsible for complying with the many rules and regulations that govern its use.
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In particular, the transaction seemed to comply with strict rules dictating the type of assets that banks could hold.
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At the moment the offer is being considered by the Office of Fair Trading to see whether it complies with competition rules .
establish
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Many families experience the problems of squabbles between siblings and learn to establish rules for mediating a problem.
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It has failed to establish the rule of law, allowing gangsters and militants to intimidate at will.
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This was supposed to be her final victory over him, supposed to establish her rule once and for all.
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Ground rules Always establish good ground rules at the beginning of each session.
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The 18-year-old king moved quickly to establish rule under his personal control.
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The World Trade Organisation establishes rules governing trade, why can't we have something similar for finance?
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Government is important because it can and should establish and enforce rules of conduct and protect property rights.
follow
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And hence we can not check on whether we are following the rule by recalling the original sensation.
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Menendez surrounded the Huguenots and carried on a charade following Old World rules .
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Although those great animals have gone, they followed the same rules of instinct and habit as did their descendants.
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Generally, follow these rules: Letters and memos: List the main points for the entire document.
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Committees are formal and follow rules of procedure.
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To find your soft spots, read the following rules and determine which ones you consistently break.
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So they're asking musicians to follow a few simple rules , as Ken Goodwin has been finding out.
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Do remember to praise him, however, when he follows the rule .
lay
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He could order her about and lay down any rule he thought of.
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It is hard to lay down rules about this ahead of time.
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Society lays down the basic rules of the marriage contract.
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It lays out constitutional rules on secrecy that any White House could claim.
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He seemed to lay down rules and regulations.
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This means organizations must continue to set norms and create a corporate culture but not lay down rigid rules .
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Returning to Community legislation, the founding treaties lay down certain basic rules on the publication and commencement of such texts.
obey
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The first is to create a new bureaucracy to make sure that insurers obey the rules .
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The vast majority of Macintosh programs obey the rules and, therefore, allow information to be passed between them.
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Perdita thought that not obeying rules was somehow cool.
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Maxims, proverbs, and other forms of folk wisdom give a person reasons for obeying rules .
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If the message Not a valid filename appears, your filename does not obey the rules .
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But this time it would be different, this time she was not going to obey any silly rules .
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It is not to be expected that each sentence written will obey grammar rules .
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This filename should obey the following rules .
observe
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You should still observe the general rules for stairs.
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We observe the international rules of warfare in this head.
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She wanted to touch him, but continued to observe the rules that kept them apart during office hours.
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I sat down and talked with him a couple of times, obviously being very careful to observe all the rules .
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Similarly, a requirement that the expert observe the rules of natural justice could be made a contractual obligation.
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I myself always observed this rule .
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Guests reclined on couches, observing strict rules as to their positions.
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Members of the Commission qua members of the Commission had to observe the rules in performance of the treaty.
play
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They were all playing by the same rules .
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No significant playing rules changes are in the works.
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The politicians had trapped him into a game played by their rules .
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Most of us are still playing under the old rules .
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Bernie said my sciatica would play me up and rule me out.
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All games to be played according to pre-arranged rules .
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Economies of organizational structure is a new game, though, played by new rules .
prove
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But he was the exception that proved the rule .
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The two exceptions prove the rule .
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Or could you prove the rules of logic without using the rules to do so?
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But such successes were rare: they are the exceptions that prove the rule .
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This is the exception to prove the rule .
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So much for the exceptions; now to prove the rule .
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Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union had once seemed the enlightened exception, but now only proves the bloody rule .
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That way they could be exceptions that prove the rule rather than embarrass it.
relax
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However, the board will not relax the rule requiring any product called tequila to contain 51 % agave.
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Postponement, says Kohl, is unacceptable, but so is relaxing the rules of entry.
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Last September the Government relaxed rules on foreign workers coming to Britain to combat skills shortages.
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The judicial antipathy to relaxing the rule has been far from uniform.
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The following month the government relaxed its rules on censorship.
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Mr. Lester submitted that the time has come to relax the rule to the extent which I have mentioned.
set
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Only in one major area, capital, has Parliament or central government set detailed rules reducing this freedom.
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By setting the rules , governments can structure the marketplace so it meets public needs.
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If marriage is to do all the things that society demands of it, then the state must set some rules .
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The owners set the ground rules , then they find all the loopholes to enable them to move players anyway.
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It requires member states to set rules on mandatory bids, providing information to shareholders and treating them equally.
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After six years in power, Park was becoming more repressive and had his sights set on long-term rule .
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This is because his opponents in Congress set the rules and can change them whenever they want.
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He was constantly setting out rules for Kyle, only to see Kyle ignore or defy them.
violate
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They say they simply believe that Aldrich violated the rules by not obtaining full clearance for his manuscript.
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The ordinance, passed unanimously Tuesday, makes it either a misdemeanor or infraction to violate a park safety rule .
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A student-run committee decides if fellow mids are guilty of lying or of violating other honor rules .
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So I guess the very nature of Magoo violates that rule .
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Doctors and insurance companies faced federal fines and prison time for violating the rules .
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The consequences of violating this rule had always been unhappy in the long run and not infrequently in the short.
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The rule she violated is a dumb rule.
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Wirk and her husband once paid $ 1, 500 each for violating the no-smoking rule .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a stickler for detail/rules/accuracy etc
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With his personal guests who were important to him or his state, Kim was a stickler for detail.
be subject to a rule/law/penalty/tax etc
blanket statement/rule/ban etc
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Cine Blitz International publisher Rajesh Mehra attacked the blanket ban.
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His support for a 15-month blanket ban on strikes suggests that he is still not wholly aware of this fact.
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One of the most urgent measures is a blanket ban on all animal and bone meal in animal feed.
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The ban is a blanket ban covering all marches or all marches of a particular class such as political marches.
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The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.
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The idea behind this imposition of blanket bans was to prevent the temptation to discriminate against particular marches.
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The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers.
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They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage, but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.
divide and rule/conquer
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Britain did not divide and rule.
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He preferred to divide and rule.
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Here too the Party could fend off opposition by a policy of divide and rule.
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Power to appoint is power to divide and rule.
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That if you play the game of divide and rule long enough then you end up with Sister Souljah?
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The well-tried Roman policy of divide and rule had been the basis of Augustan diplomacy and continued during the conquest.
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They haven't shown the political will to sort out the problem - there has been an element of divide and rule.
hand down a decision/ruling/sentence etc
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Just a few months earlier, the Supreme Court had handed down a decision inviting states to pass abortion restrictions.
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She is expected soon to hand down a ruling.
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The commission will seek to arbitrate a resolution before handing down a decision in late summer.
sb/sth is the exception that proves the rule
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Most people our age have finished school, and Mike is the exception that proves the rule.
stay an order/ruling/execution etc
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Rivals got a stay order from the courts, though after a backroom deal in mid-March the government got its way.
stick to the rules
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Everyone in the party has a responsibility to stick to the rules agreed by the party conference.
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Failure to stick to the safety rules could result in disaster.
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I'd stuck to the rules arid nothing had happened.
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It was all right if she was hours late, but Henry had to stick to the rules.
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That government said at the summit it was sticking to the rules, and then suggested afterward it would not not.
work to rule
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Plants work to rules rather different from those of animals.
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Video-Tape, no voice over ARNCOTT/Oxfordshire Prison officers at Bullingdon prison near Bicester began their work to rule last night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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British rule in India came to an end in 1947.
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For many years Algeria was under French rule .
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I have no sympathy for Jonson. He broke the rules and got caught, that's all.
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It is strictly against the rules for athletes to take drugs.
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It says in the rules that every child has to wear school uniform.
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Late in 1991, Communist rule ended in Russia.
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No one's allowed to ride with the driver. That's a company rule .
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the rules of etiquette
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The rules of grammar in French are very complex.
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There have been some changes in the rules governing the use of safety equipment.
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These are just guidelines, not hard and fast rules.
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What are the rules of the game?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clear rules, fairly and consistently applied, are fundamental to all forms of punishment.
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In general, two kinds of rule will be considered - first, rules of interpretation and second, prescriptive rules.
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In the next section we will also discuss the loss of a morphological rule that created causative verbs from adjectives.
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Legal advice must be taken to ascertain the exact rules and how they are applied.
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So break any rules you please.
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Sparky is a manufacturer within the rule and Pyro and Nancy are consumers.
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The resultant grammar contained 3527 basic rules which were converted and extended to a set of 200,000 rules.
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We can, however, instantly recognize the actual instances where rules are broken.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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Dole demanded that Clinton rule out pardons for his business partners in the failed Whitewater land scheme.
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Ford dismissed an immediate meeting with the unions but did not rule out talks after Christmas.
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Although he said the tire does not appear to have been shot, police have not ruled out that possibility.
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However, one can not rule out the possibility that certain other new parties may appear.
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No one has been able to create purified prions in a system that would rule out the presence of viruses.
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The variety is enormous but many can be ruled out in not satisfying all the requirements.
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The things that were ruled out were things that would put him in danger.
■ NOUN
country
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Charles de Gaulle once lamented that he simply could not rule over a country that had 385 different kinds of cheese!
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But because he is a child, the Earl of Moray, my half-brother, can rule the country for him.
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They were now ruling the country and of course were rejoiced to welcome Aeneas and his men.
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Frankly, we could hardly hope to rule a country if we went around killing everyone all the time, could we?
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Parties seeking to rule a country should be accountable to all the people of the country.
court
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Finally, the courts have ruled that school boards can impose economic sanctions on teachers who go on strike.
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In Goodfellow the Court of Appeal ruled that there should be no reference to the risk of damage to property.
decree
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The powers allow it to rule by decree and declare a state of war.
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Article 38 permits the government to rule by decree .
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Mr Gorbachev may well use his powers to rule by decree to push the reform through.
favor
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Carter-appointed judges ruled in favor of the defendant in 40 percent of the cases, the study found.
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He ruled in favor of the party for a large amount of damages.
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In the last five years, some federal judges have ruled in their favor .
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A Montgomery County jury ruled in their favor , and Aron was ordered to pay $ 175, 000.
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He could rule entirely in favor of the government, and let all the rules stand.
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The Pikes appealed to a juvenile court judge, who ruled in their favor .
judge
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But they walked free from Bristol Crown Court after the judge ruled that there was no case to answer.
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In 1994 a judge ruled that prisoners who were mentally competent were free to starve themselves to death.
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In December 1978, federal district judge Marion Callister ruled that the extension was unconstitutional.
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The police claimed the records weren't relevant to the case, but the judge ruled they should be disclosed.
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Although there was conflicting testimony on whether or not the course was religious, the judge ruled that it was.
possibility
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Detectives still haven't ruled out the possibility that she was abducted.
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However, Bantle would not rule out the possibility that the mission could be cut short if the system is not repaired.
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Abreu's strategies appear to rule out such renegotiation possibilities - an agreement is made once and for all and can never be reopened.
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Expenses will be kept in line, he said, not ruling out the possibility of minor layoffs.
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The government's overriding concern to ensure domestic stability ruled out the possibility of landless Emancipation.
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Moreover, experiments on pigeons have been thought to rule out that possibility .
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But, in a television interview, she appeared to rule out the possibility of a reconciliation.
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They have also ruled out any possibility of supporting a rights issue.
roost
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The mid-fielders ruled the roost up to the interval, but after a scoreless first half the Antrim team showed great dominance.
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Alongside the State, they continued to rule the roost .
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But it was those two who ruled the roost .
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In the meantime, it was Amelia who ruled the family roost .
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The late 1960s and early 1970s saw Lee Trevino ruling the roost on both sides of the Pond.
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Effective discipline is neither harsh nor does it allow the child to rule the roost .
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I kind of ruled the roost a bit, but we got on well.
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refuse
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But Suffolk governors, who share hiring and firing responsibilities with their school heads, have refused to rule out disciplinary action.
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Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican National Committee, pointedly refused last week to rule out using the tape in commercials.
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The speculation was fuelled by Premier John Major who refused to rule them out.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a stickler for detail/rules/accuracy etc
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With his personal guests who were important to him or his state, Kim was a stickler for detail.
be subject to a rule/law/penalty/tax etc
blanket statement/rule/ban etc
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Cine Blitz International publisher Rajesh Mehra attacked the blanket ban.
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His support for a 15-month blanket ban on strikes suggests that he is still not wholly aware of this fact.
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One of the most urgent measures is a blanket ban on all animal and bone meal in animal feed.
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The ban is a blanket ban covering all marches or all marches of a particular class such as political marches.
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The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.
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The idea behind this imposition of blanket bans was to prevent the temptation to discriminate against particular marches.
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The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers.
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They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage, but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.
sb/sth is the exception that proves the rule
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Most people our age have finished school, and Mike is the exception that proves the rule.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ashley's life was ruled by her addiction to drugs.
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At that time, Persia was divided into several provinces, ruled by local khans.
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He ruled three lines under the title of his essay.
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Henry VIII ruled England from 1509 to 1547.
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In 1860, Italy was a collection of small states ruled by princes and dukes.
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India was ruled by the British for a very long time.
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Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years.
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Mary, Queen of Scots, only ruled for six years.
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Motamid had died, leaving his son Mostain to rule over Saragossa.
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Paper ruled into one-inch squares is used to practice writing Chinese characters.
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She divided the page into four by ruling two diagonal lines across it.
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Spain ruled over Portugal from 1580 to 1640.
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The Medical Examiner's office ruled the death a murder.
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The Pol Pot regime ruled Cambodia from 1974 to 1978.
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While they ruled, the country remained isolated from the rest of the world.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anybody who could sew had a collection on show and fashion ruled.
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Golding said that, before she reaches any conclusions, she wants a full briefing on the court ruling from Gwinn.
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Speculation that the Dolphin Centre could be used has been ruled out by Mr Boyle who says it would be too expensive.
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They were ruled by powerful clans.
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This does not rule out evolution by mutation and selection.
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Voting six to three, the court ruled that this ultimate threat violated states' rights.
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Why weren't they ruled out of order before they transgressed?