Sentence examples for modified the rules from inspiring English sources

The exchange modified the rules slightly after receiving about 300 comments.

Instead, bowing to industry pressure, Congress only modified the rules governing them.

Muralitharan's development of a new type of delivery, nicknamed the "doosra," in which the ball turns away from a right-handed batsman, prompted still further allegations of throwing in 2004; however, in early 2005 the ICC modified the rules to allow Muralitharan's unusual arm movement.

Members of the Montreal Lacrosse Club (founded 1856) modified the rules somewhat, and in 1867 George Beers of Montreal, called "the father of lacrosse," made further changes that included replacing the Indian ball of deerskin stuffed with hair by a hard rubber ball, limiting the number of players on a team to 12, and improving the stick for easier catching and throwing of the ball.

So the system adjusted, adapted, modified the rules and in the process, made Social Security inevitably more complex.

In 1968, the publisher Funk & Wagnalls published a paperback edition of Abbott's New Card Games, in which Abbott slightly modified the rules of Baroque chess, but these changes never became popular.

The Supreme Court modified the rule that voters' identification cards had to carry photographs.

Jim Furyk overslept and missed his pro-am tee time at last year's Barclays and was disqualified from the actual tournament (the PGA Tour has since modified the rule).

Both the Assembly and the Senate have to vote to reject them, and the governor then has a chance to modify the rules to satisfy the objections.

We have made great progress in modifying the rules and needs of the athletes, media and spectators.

Players rarely cross them -- except for the occasional tournament -- and each group modifying the rules just enough to call the game their own.