Sentence examples for rule dictates from inspiring English sources

It is in the FIFA rule book, so referee Howard Webb did as the rule dictates.

But no particular economic rule dictates that this will always be true.

A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.

Another rule dictates that over a five-year period no more than half of any sailor's time can be at sea, including training exercises closer to home.

She and Kintner had strong hopes of competing in Beijing together because a cycling rule dictates that the four top-ranked countries are allowed to send two women to the Olympics.

According to university lore, the pasture was where students grazed their horses in the late 19th century; a standing university rule dictates that the president, or "prexy," has sole rights to the area for livestock grazing.

In Putin's Russia, where few things are clear-cut, Kremlin strategists don't, as a rule, dictate stories.

Logistical challenges remained, including the reintroduction of the station's old "five car rule" — dictating that only passengers in the first five cars could exit.

I don't care about the extra few minutes it takes, but my objection is having a rule dictate strategy.

Governing body the FIA says it will now enforce a rule dictating drivers must "drive the car alone and unaided".

Basically, the stymie rule dictated that if my ball came to rest on the green between your ball and the hole, well, tough cookies for you.