Sentence examples for constrained by rule from inspiring English sources

And anecdotal evidence suggests that while China's government may not be constrained by rule of law, it is constrained by pervasive corruption, which means that what actually happens at the local level may bear little resemblance to what is ordered in Beijing.

In the United Kingdom, by contrast, local-authority spending is constrained by rules set by the central government.

But for Obama, our willingness to be constrained by rules that govern others may take precedence over the rules themselves.

France, she suggests, is changing in the image of a president whose approach "is not being constrained by rules, principles, protocol, straitjackets".

Apart from a lack of sympathy for a crisis they view as made in America, European governments are also constrained by rules within the 27-nation European Union that limit budget deficits and public debt.

Anderson believes that many American workers are constrained by rules that would be "unconstitutional for democratic states to impose on citizens who are not convicts or in the military".

But after the 11 September 2001 attacks, critics argued it had become too timid and was so constrained by rules and political correctness that it was virtually unable to gather intelligence in troubled parts of the world.

Cameras are not even particularly effective at curbing speeders, for they are constrained by rules that mean they can only be put where there has been a number of serious accidents and must also be highly visible.Many accidents are caused by people who are driving without licences, or uninsured.

Mencian wisdom (somewhat like Aristotelian phronēsis) seems to be only partially constrained by rules.

Compared to participants in the low-autonomy or autonomy-unrelated control conditions, participants in the high-autonomy condition were more likely to behave unethically because they felt less constrained by rules.

Although the amount of air power unleashed was formidable, its effectiveness for the first two years of the campaign was constrained by rules of engagement so restrictive that only one out of four missions actually attacked its intended target.