Sentence examples for rough rules from inspiring English sources

"As a society, we haven't figured out what the rough rules are yet," he said.

"Nineteenth-century elections were played by rough rules," Stahr writes laconically, and Seward knew exactly how to exploit them.

Mr Estleman skilfully shows that "genre" books are no more implicitly formulaic than literary novels, which follow rough rules as well.

We women need to permit our female political candidates to play by the same rough rules that we allow male candidates to play by.

However, assuming this is an "average" campaign and using my two rough rules for changes during the campaign, the final polls would end up something like Con 37, Lab 31, Lib Dem 24.

Consequently, rough rules of thumb are adopted in the decision process.

As a very rough rule of thumb, an APR will be around double the flat rate.

The rough rule was this: Treat cops reasonably and you can go about your business of recording and bearing witness.

A rough rule of thumb is that every percentage-point fall in GDP means 5m more unemployed.

As a rough rule, cinema can be sundered into two halves: six-o'clock films and nine-o'clock films.

As a rough rule of thumb, marble and fountains set within a soaring atrium are suggestive of self-importance and vainglory.