Sentence examples for had set the rules for from inspiring English sources

When the defense began its case, Commander Mizer, in his Navy whites, said government officials had set the rules for the testimony.

The strike was authorized under the same set of classified presidential findings, legal opinions and policy directives, some of which were prepared after last year's attacks, that have set the rules for the administration's campaign to prevent terror.

That may be because the league, like German society over all, appears to prize solidarity, security and protection for all over runaway success for a few, and has set the rules for television and ownership accordingly.

The Bush administration has set the rules for conducting military tribunals for prisoners from the Afghan war, opening the door for the United States to prosecute and possibly execute foreigners by a legal process not used since the Truman presidency after World War II.

They have set the ground rules for the knowledge economy so they can extract a constant flow of income from less developed countries.

This could be the last opportunity we have to set the rules for trade for generations to come.

For decades these words have set the parameters for disputes, the Queensbury rules for tax litigation.

This meeting seems to have set the tone for Tiberius's entire rule.

Critics also worried about the concentration of power: The president or his proxies would define the crimes (often after an act had been committed); set the rules for trial; and choose the judges, juries and appellate panels.

"We need to have the FCC set the rules for the entire industry, and for a generation of people that depends on texting.

"Consumer financial protection had not been the primary focus of any Federal agency, and no agency had effective tools to set the rules for and oversee the whole market," Warren testified before Congress in May 2011, when she was helping the Treasury Department set up the agency.