Sentence examples for obscure rules from inspiring English sources
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.
Forced to navigate House Republican politics, the lobbying pressure from the insurance industry, and the obscure rules of the budgeting process, Ryan has produced a bill that nobody would ever propose as a sane solution to the problems with Obamacare.
Other online games have obscure rules which constrain the imagination – I spent ages once playing with a virtual game about a ship trying to get the man to jump overboard.
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.
The moment of truth comes, you execute perfectly but an official nullifies the play by invoking an obscure rule.
An obscure rule of the World Trade Organization requires members to notify the agency when they restrict food exports.
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".
