Sentence examples for precepts as from inspiring English sources

She was very attractive, and they wanted to follow her precepts as much as possible, such as not dancing, not attending the theatre, etc.

The 41 elected watchdogs one for each of the police forces in England and Wales outside London—have the power to set priorities, determine budgets and council-tax precepts, as well as to hire and fire chief constables.

This is distinguished from 'natural law,' which is not based on statute, but on alleged common understanding of what is right and proper (often based on moral and religious precepts as well as common understanding of fairness and justice)." The next point to consider is who makes the laws.

In Wonder, Mr Browne uses precepts as a way of introducing his students to lofty concepts having to do with the way they interact with the world.

Often this realism is the result of the studied application of acting precepts, as when Marlon Brando brought to On the Waterfront (1954) the lessons he had digested at the Actors Studio (the professional workshop in New York City).

Known as the Muṭawwaʿūn (colloquially, Muṭawwaʿīn), this force operates in plain clothes and enforces such Islamic precepts as ensuring that women are properly veiled, that shops close during prayer, and that the fast is kept during Ramadan.

The basic precepts are as old as Sun-Tzu.

It is thought that if all councils decided to impose the 2% "social care" precept, then as much as £2bn could be raised by the end of the parliament in 2020.

In their response to this problem, the Sadducees, on the one hand, refused to accept any precept as binding unless it was based directly on the Torah i.e., the Written Law.

Ministers are portraying this as only a 14% cut in police spending but that assumes that police authorities will levy a police precept as part of council tax to make up the difference.

Describing the precept as a "shortsighted" response to the growing crisis in social care, Humphries added: "The chancellor has chosen a very opaque, complicated and messy option, which, crucially, will not much help areas at greatest need.