Sentence examples for certain strictures from inspiring English sources

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While there's good sense behind many of these rules — don't hang or shake things out the window; lay off the stereo before or after a certain hour — certain strictures can charitably be described as quirky, not to say capricious or overreaching.

Believing that she was on "a holy mission to bring democracy to her country," she understood that in order to co-exist with the religious factions -- and gain their support -- she needed to abide by certain strictures of Pakistani society.

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They all heeded certain formal strictures, incorporating coiled-spring melodies, mournful Jewish scales and shrewdly structured chaos.

The Four Seasons overlords did impose certain admittance strictures — only ages 5 to 14 need apply, and adults were limited to two children per — because "customers were bringing their 30-year-old children, or dragging in 10 kids," Mr. von Bidder said.

Conventional success was more likely in outpatients (OR 1.21), but less likely in complex contexts (OR 0.59), sicker patients (ASA grade (II, III/V: OR 0.81, 0.77)), teaching cases (OR 0.53), and certain indications (strictures, active pancreatitis).

Do forms afford you some distance with which to submit and rebel against certain rules and strictures?

There's a certain freedom from stricture, at least in your life outside work, and a certain pleasure in knowing you're a capable person, while the people you serve are not.

In some places, people are still lining up for aid, indicating a certain resistance to Taliban strictures.

John Paul II, meanwhile, was a favorite of conservatives; despite his often subtle views, he became at times little more than a symbol of anti-Communism and a certain set of social strictures.

Yet society is fundamentally about imposing moral strictures on certain behaviors and encouraging others.

In some of the less reality-based episodes, i.e. the Beer Baron one – usually Swartzwelder's, we'd treat this stricture with a certain amount of latitude".

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