Sentence examples for a fundamental rule from inspiring English sources

For many, this broke a fundamental rule of capitalism – that reward should be commensurate with risk.

The Al Qaeda terrorists seem to have violated a fundamental rule of clandestine operations.

No one else can be harmed or endangered by the action — a fundamental rule.

And, like most of us, experts violate a fundamental rule of probabilities by tending to find scenarios with more variables more likely.

If anything, associates agree, Mr. Lay has always understood a fundamental rule of politics, namely that contributions make friends of elected officials.

Exchanges like the CME Group will examine smaller firms to ensure they are keeping customer money separate from company money, a fundamental rule on Wall Street.

I'm interested in your position as a parliamentarian and whether as a fundamental principle you accept the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.

The Givaudan employee who attended the convention had broken a more fundamental rule.

In work reported in this week's issue of Science, researchers have seen a protein breaking this fundamental rule, Phys.org reports.

The fundamental rule for an economy that works for everyone is a democracy that works, period.

What there is, is a conflict between the inherent desire of bureaucracy to collect and use ever more information about citizens, and the fundamental rule of a free society – that officials cannot just make up powers to suit themselves.