Sentence examples for race the rules from inspiring English sources

For the actual race, the rules require competitors to bring 25,000 calories, most of which can be placed in drop bags along the course.

EVER since John F. Kennedy trounced Richard M. Nixon in a televised debate during the 1960 presidential race, the rule of thumb in politics has been that looks count.

But because Danthebluegrassman had higher earnings in graded stakes races, the rules dictated that he be given preference in the 20-horse draw.

He was then forced to start from the back of the grid when his gearbox needed to be changed before the race, as the rules require that a gearbox must last four races.

Lefèvre, who knew that Garin was the star of the race, broke the rules and gave him the food, because he did not want to be responsible for Garin leaving the race because of hunger.

The yachts in these two divisions race under the rules, respectively, of the International Measurement System (formerly the Measurement Handicap System) and the International Offshore Rule.

Their investigation showed that he had been only 15 at the time of the race, when the rules stated that competitors needed to turn 16 in the year of the competition.

But most of those who together comprise a vintage generation of jump jockeys are already engaged in the big race, and the rules do not permit a jockey like McCoy to defect from an outsider to one of the favourites.

That was because his fine in India was actually for parking on the pit straight and therefore for not returning the car to parc ferme after the race - the rules are quite rightly strict on that - rather than the doughnuts themselves.

All drivers continued to race, but the rules dictate that in those circumstances the result must be declared at the end of the previous lap.

"I have always raced within the rules," he said at the weekend.