Sentence examples for retreat from rules from inspiring English sources

Critics denounced the changes as a retreat from rules now in place that require factories to make investments in pollution control equipment.

But critics denounced the changes as a retreat from tougher rules now in place that require factories to make costly investments in pollution control equipment when they modernize.

But critics denounced the change as a retreat from tougher rules now in place that would require factories to make costly investments in pollution control equipment when they modernize.

Last month, the director, John S. Pistole, was maneuvered by flight attendants' unions and their supporters in Congress into an embarrassing retreat from a rules relaxation that he had previously insisted would stay in place — one allowing passengers to carry small pocketknives.

During the late 20th century there was a gradual "retreat" from this rule; in Sagnata Investments Ltd v Norwich Corporation, the courts allowed Hansard material to be submitted to determine the purpose of legislation (but not to interpret the statute), and in Pickstone v Freemans plc, it was allowed to assist in the understanding of delegated legislation.

A weak rule on swaps is an "indefensible retreat" from tougher regulation and a "poster child for the pernicious effect of industry's army of lobbyists".

They should scrap ownership rules and retreat from anything but technical and safety matters.

Yesterday, Pistorius made a strategic retreat from his ferocious denouncement of the rules governing artificial limbs which, he contended, had given an unfair advantage to his surprise conqueror in the T44 200m final, Brazil's Alan Fonteles Oliveira.

Sometimes they adeptly retreat from the limelight but still provide rules and requirements which shape the specialists' perspective.

But the generosity of spirit in evidence here creates a soothing retreat from the harsh comedy of humiliation that rules the nightclubs and airwaves.

In 1994, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which sets accounting standards in America, retreated from its proposed rule to require options to be expenses.