Sentence examples for comply from inspiring English sources
"comply" is correct and usable written English. You can use it when you want to express that someone is adhering to a request, law, or rule. For example, "The company complied with the safety regulations to ensure the safety of its employees.".
He said companies faced severe fines or closure if they failed to comply with new rules on payment of wages, standards of accommodation and other aspects of the employment of migrant workers in the hyper-wealthy Gulf emirate.
We don't need to hit them because they'd be hitting themselves if they did not comply.
The six-to-one ruling in the Hutchinson case says the justice secretary does clearly have a power to release whole-life prisoners in exceptional circumstances making the law sufficient to comply with article three, which bans inhuman or degrading treatment.
Last month the centre-right Dutch government also collapsed, unable to agree spending cuts to comply with the euro rules next year.
That said, we obviously respect the court's authority and are doing our very best to comply quickly and responsibly.
Australian government lawyers believed such a flight would comply with international law, the report said, "because only land features above high tide can generate territorial rights".
Mark Rutte, the centre-right Dutch prime minister, threw in the towel on Monday, submitting his resignation to Queen Beatrix after seven weeks of fruitless haggling over colossal spending cuts, which are required to comply with new European rules he has done much to design.
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