Sentence examples for a first rule from inspiring English sources

If there has to be a first rule of biography, perhaps it should be that dirt for dirt's sake is offensive – vulgar, a slur.

Nielsen [8] stated, as a first rule of usability, "don't listen to users" and argued that users' design feedback should be limited to preference data after having used the interactive system in question.

As a first rule for drug discovery/development programmes it seems prudent to obey the "Golden Rules" of drug design: "Ensure moderate daily dose size by having chosen a viable mechanism and then increase potency against the target whilst optimising pharmacokinetics".

In the military, a first rule of engagement is called IFF -- Identify: friend or foe.

Waldman writes: "So how about, as a first rule, the people you bring on should 1) know as much as possible about the things you're going to discuss, and 2) have little if any interest in spinning?" This sounds pretty good in theory, but there's a reason those sorts of people don't get booked.

Last year a federal judge, in a first, ruled that LGBTQ people are in fact protected under the FHA.

There is a third rule: cockiness is class treason.

A second rule: Follow whoever is in front of you.

I'd add a sixth rule for crude oil.

A second rule was the absolutely central role of ratiocination.

A third rule, to enhance the safety of imported food, has not budged.