Sentence examples for being overly rigid from inspiring English sources

Even from the outset, the rules for Brunello di Montalcino struck many as being overly rigid.

We think the White House is being overly rigid with its decision not to nominate Tom Malinowski, the Washington advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, to be the administration's global human rights chief.

But even if you get cloth seats, the point is that they are supportive without being overly rigid and, once adjusted, don't require a lot of fiddling to get comfortable.

(And if they had such a list they'd be denounced for being overly rigid and ideological).

You want them to be straight and strong without being overly rigid.

"We really don't feel the requirements are overly rigid at all," he said.

A fact-finding panel found that the code was overly rigid — that it demanded, in effect, "unattainable human behavior".

SECURITY SURPRISES AHEAD -- Security screening procedures at airports are "overly rigid, static and predictable," Kip Hawley, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, told the Senate Commerce Committee recently.

Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, a technology research and consulting firm, said the music labels had been overly rigid when dealing with radio sites like Pandora.

They can be overly rigid, and lead to absurdities such as the splattering of balconies on blocks facing motorways, where they are unlikely to be used.

But until a few days ago, many Democrats were complaining that Mr. Schwarzenegger's definition of compromise was overly rigid: namely, do it his way.