Sentence examples for general ruling from inspiring English sources

In substance though not formally he has made such a general ruling.

This is not a general ruling about the word itself, or a call for a blanket ban.

Today's decision sustained that general ruling, but expressed an interest in delving further into the question of the effect of race in such cases.

The free imperial cities, which had lost their religious homogeneity a few years earlier, were exceptions to the general ruling; Lutheran and Catholic citizens in these cities remained free to exercise their religion as they pleased.

When a suit was successfully brought against this practice in a Florida court, the immigration service published a general ruling in the Federal Register that aliens arriving without proper travel documents were not to be released.

Mr. Hussein's first role in the rough world of Iraqi politics came in 1959, at age 22, when the Baath Party assigned him and nine others to assassinate Abdul Karim Kassem, the despotic general ruling Iraq.

By the 4th century, as urban centres decayed, the Christian emperors became remote figureheads who issued general rulings, no longer responding to individual petitions.

The generals ruling the country at the time would have liked nothing more.

Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy, was put under house arrest by the generals ruling Myanmar after a clash between her supporters and backers of the government in May.

His brothers' arrests have only deepened Ammar's commitment to the cause, while reinforcing his belief that the generals ruling Egypt have hijacked the revolution.

Many natural resources exist, but the selfish politics of the generals ruling the country have prevented Burma from taking advantage of them.