Sentence examples for obscure rule from inspiring English sources
To bartenders, the sudden enforcement of the obscure rule was alarming.
They have hardly any stickers to hand out, having read and taken literally an obscure rule barring the practice.
An obscure rule of the World Trade Organization requires members to notify the agency when they restrict food exports.
The moment of truth comes, you execute perfectly but an official nullifies the play by invoking an obscure rule.
Pryor and his suspended Ohio State teammates were allowed to play in the Sugar Bowl because of an obscure rule that afforded them a "unique opportunity".
Let's say there's nobody in Raider Nation upset that a New England team lost a playoff game on an obscure rule.
His conversation is sprinkled with references to "gutless politicians" and descriptions of obscure rule-making procedures that he believes worked against him.
Their objections reflect how the process can hinge on relatively obscure rules.
Unlike the presidency, which periodically comes under the control of outsiders, Congress rewards sheer longevity, mastery of obscure rules and inoffensiveness to colleagues.
JOHN S. KOPPEL Bethesda, Md. To the Editor: I found myself nodding in agreement at Noam Scheiber's statement that "Congress rewards sheer longevity, mastery of obscure rules and inoffensiveness to colleagues".
To do so, he uses obscure rules more complex than any EU treaty; no detail is too small - an adventurer carrying too much has to slow to a speed determined by a mule encumberance table.
