Sentence examples for extend the rule from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, said Paddy Ashdown, the Briton who administers Bosnia under the Dayton agreement: "We failed to extend the rule of law.

Nigerois voted in a referendum on Tuesday expected to extend the rule of President Mamadou Tandja and grant him what critics say are near-totalitarian powers.

This research has not changed the 50-move rule because it would be impractical, not to mention torture, to extend the rule to 200 or 300 moves.

The nationwide unrest was sparked by a parliamentary bill seen as a ploy to extend the rule of Congo's divisive president, Joseph Kabila.

Goodell said he wanted to talk to the Steelers' chairman, Dan Rooney, the original force behind the rule, but he hoped to extend the rule immediately.

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said there was a growing consensus that the United Nations should play a leading role in post-Qaddafi Libya in helping to organize elections and to extend the rule of law.

Regulators from Arizona, California and Michigan joined the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Thursday in petitioning the Supreme Court to extend the rules and reverse the appeals court.

Commission proposals to extend the rules to imported biotech grains would set a disturbing precedent likely to "further extend the graveyard for this technology," he added.

[C4.] The Supreme Court declined to extend the rules that require the four regional Bell telephone companies to lease their networks at deep discounts to rivals in local markets.

Without comment, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist denied the request to extend the rules, which a federal appeals court previously had ordered struck down, effective on Tuesday.

Governor Pataki announced yesterday that he would support legislation extending the definition of "lobbying" to include contract, purchasing and leasing decisions, and that he would extend the rules to cover not only state agencies but also state authorities.