Sentence examples for has abused the rules from inspiring English sources

Clearly somebody has abused the rules".

The effort to rein in filibusters has attracted considerable support from Democratic activists who believe that Republicans have abused the rules to thwart the agenda of Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats.

Never mind that it was he who had abused the rules of the Senate to hold up the payments in the first place, or that the United States was on the verge of being deeply embarrassed by losing its right to vote in the General Assembly.

How Obama has abused the Patriot Act.

Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, the director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, said: "Members of the human rights council which are party in this conflict have abused the UN rules to deflect accountability.

That said, this banker also named some financiers and investors who were not foreign in any meaningful sense and whom he agreed had abused the non-dom rules.

"I think companies have taken advantage of fuzzy accounting rules and have abused the situation," he says.

The Republican Party of "no" has abused this rule at a record-breaking pace to kill important legislation or water it down.

The S.E.C. began an informal inquiry into Tyco's financial statements in December 1999 because of accusations by short sellers that Tyco had abused accounting rules to make its profits appear stronger than they really were.

The agency also said its union employees had abused sick time and overtime rules, and vowed to crack down.

Last week a three-judge appeals panel from the seventh circuit ruled that Judge Kennelly had abused his discretion in the "downward departure" from the sentencing guidelines.