Sentence examples for a special rule of from inspiring English sources

Frank Jackson holds that "If A, B" has the truth conditions of "A ⊃ B", i.e. "~A or B"; but it is part of its meaning that it is governed by a special rule of assertability.

The threatened listing alone bans imports of caviar and other beluga products to the U.S., but it gives the USFWS the option of allowing some trade under a special rule of the ESA.

Lewis has three different accounts of "if": he follows Jackson in claiming that the "if" of indicative conditionals is the truth-functional "if", with a special rule of assertability (see Lewis 1986 pp. 152 6); there is his famous account of the "if" of counterfactual conditionals (Lewis 1973); and there is this use of "if" as a restrictor.

The proposed Senate bill also includes an extension of a special rule for corporate contributions of food inventory.

Our senior senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, added a "Special Rule for the State of Alaska" to the VAWA.

What's needed, to begin with, is a special rule to facilitate the transfer of family farms and small businesses from one generation to the next.

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Since 54 out of 155 cases (34.8 %) were from the Province of Bologna, a special rule for matching was applied to these cases.

If you sell, you have a long-term loss (not short-term; there's a special rule here) of $2 to offset your $2 long-term gain.

At the same time, it issued a special rule that prevented the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions on behalf of the polar bear.