Sentence examples for applying the letter from inspiring English sources

He said he was simply applying the letter of the law.

The problem comes less in applying the letter of the law than in its spirit.

In many countries they have been pretty inept at applying the letter and spirit of the old ones.In the world of financial regulation, forgiveness and forbearance are not virtues.

Mr Rowden may have been applying the letter of the law, but his pedantry belonged more to the courtroom than the rugby pitch and the resulting penalty shoot-out between Smith and his opposite number, the Frenchman Ludovic Mercier, made for frustrating viewing.

Those who are now complaining that he ducked the issue or made an exception for Rooney are probably the same people who complain from time to time that referees have become automatons, mindlessly applying the letter of the law with no discretion of their own.

Both are appealing, but appear to have been ruled out of municipal elections due in November.The CSE may have been applying the letter of the law, but its decision looks arbitrary: several other small parties whose registration had similar flaws remain on the ballot.

1937 Husband Wants Wife Sent to Jail PARIS — For the first time since 1903, an outraged French husband, instead of shooting his allegedly unfaithful wife and her lover, is applying the letter of the law which entitles him to have them sent to jail.

For the Express, it's "hardly a victory for common sense or for live-and-let-live... Since when is it a crime for a private company to turn down work?" The Mail says that Belfast Judge Isobel Brownlie might have been applying the letter of the law but argues it raises questions about the balance between gay and religious rights.

In response, Shimon could have replied that Yefet had merely applied the letter of the law.

The concept of a show trial is anathema to the traditional Western belief in a neutral justice system that objectively applies the letter of the law.

The study was meant to shed light on the larger question of whether referees should apply the letter or the spirit of the law.