Sentence examples for fought the rules from inspiring English sources

The CFA fought the rules and warned that they would force borrowers into backstreet lenders.

From the start, businesses had strenuously fought the rules, saying the science was suspect and the costs would be enormous.

The automakers, who fought the rules until they went bust, have come to accept this as a step forward as well.

Andersen was one of the three firms that bitterly fought the rules, though it played a role in eventually working out a settlement.

"The O.C.C. to the end fought the rules and tried to get huge exceptions, carrying water again for the large banks they were regulating," said Travis B. Plunkett, legislative director for the Consumer Federation of America.

And the oil industry has fought the rules, which it believes will interfere with oil and gas drilling operations.

The airlines had fought the rule, arguing that it would lead to more canceled flights and seriously complicate their efforts to operate in bad weather.

Mr. Dobbins fought the rule, which was enacted in 1999, that made the five-block restrictions effective round-the-clock rather than only between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.

For Greece's conservative mainstream, the four are the faces of a new generation of terrorists, the one succeeding the marginal left-wing guerrilla groups that fought the rule of the military dictatorship from 1974.

For Greece's conservative mainstream, the four are the faces of a new generation of terrorists, the one succeeding the left-wing guerrilla groups that fought the rule of the military dictatorship from 1967 till its end in 1974.

They have gone to court to fight the rules as they apply in Britain.