Sentence examples for rule cut off from inspiring English sources

Ottoman rule cut off Albania from Western civilization for more than four centuries, but in the late 19th century the country began to remove itself from Ottoman influence and to rediscover old affinities and common interests with the West.

Another new rule would cut off federal aid to degree and training programs at for-profit schools that repeatedly saddle students with high levels of debt that are judged to be unpayable under a new federal formula.

Earlier this week the government revealed that it wants to force the digital economy bill - which includes the controversial "three strikes" rule to cut off the internet connections of those accused of illegal file sharing - into the statute books in the next few weeks.

The consumer information push is related to the Education Department's decision to scrap the Obama-era gainful employment rule, which cut off funding for career-focused colleges if they saddled students with too much debt.

Our irrational set of immigration rules has cut off our access to a rich culture, historical treasures and spectacular landscapes at our very doorstep.

For-profit colleges have increased their lobbying against proposed Education Department rules to cut off federal financial aid to programs whose students take on too much debt for training that provides little likelihood of leading to a well-paying job.

Most important, the new rules would cut off federal aid to programs that repeatedly saddled students with debt that is defined as unaffordable under a new formula that takes earnings into account.

Senate Republicans caution that they do not have carte blanche, because they do not have the 60 votes needed under Senate rules to cut off debate and prevent Democratic filibusters.

The Department of Education estimates that the rules would cut off federal aid to about 5 percent of for-profit college programs, representing about 8 percent of students, and that about 55 percent of the programs would be required to warn applicants and students that they may have trouble repaying their loans.

Over strenuous objections by the for-profit colleges, the Department of Education is renewing its effort to establish rules to cut off aid to for-profits and other trade schools that consistently leave students unable to pay back their loans.

The Education Department has taken action to rein in abuses by the for-profit sector but has so far delayed the most controversial regulation it has proposed, the "gainful employment" rule that would cut off federal aid to programs whose graduates have high debt loads and not enough income to pay them.