Sentence examples for normal rules of thumb from inspiring English sources

Yet America's competition watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), recently decided that normal rules of thumb do not apply: new products can harm competition in this market.

The normal rule of thumb is to save the equivalent of three months' typical expenditure as an emergency fund.

The normal rule of thumb was that a canal (subject of another boom earlier in the 19th century) would halve the cost of transporting coal, and that rail would halve it again.

"The normal rule of thumb by which a certain increase in the gross domestic product would produce a concomitant increase in jobs does not appear to apply," Representative Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, declared in a speech before the House last month.

Two rule-of-thumb travelers' tips: Bring extra socks.

As a rule-of-thumb this limit is at zero.

Let n = 10 b, which is a useful rule-of-thumb in most practical situations.

A few more rules of thumb.

Fowler has other curatorial rules of thumb.

They're rules of thumb.

Nurse McCraw has certain rules of thumb.