Sentence examples for rule has worked from inspiring English sources

This rule has worked in Bosnia, where an armed-to-the-teeth NATO force has had few problems with Serb paramilitaries who had previously delighted in humiliating, kidnapping and murdering lightly armed and ambiguously authorized United Nations and European Community peacekeepers.

In past occurrences, when the 55-Day Rule has worked, the severest part of the decline came when the market was already oversold.

But the gag rule has worked better than usual (and some of the biggest yappers have taken buyouts), so Strupp has had to toil to even come up with four categories.

One time, when were we both needing and wobbling at the same time, it meant there was no listening or receiving going on, so this ground rule has worked wonders for us.

Hsu said the odd-even license plate rule has worked well for Beijing, even if the city's pollution has recently gotten so bad the government imposed its first ever "red alert," which brought about school closures and restrictions on traffic and manufacturers.

Martin P. Mehler, a lawyer who represented several topless clubs in the case, said the city's defense of the 2001 law failed because the original 60-40 rule had worked.

The Buddhist monastic attitude toward nuns is one of embarrassed silence except in Japan, where the general loosening of monastic rules has worked in women's favour.

Rules have worked well in some places, notably Chile.

Those older rules have worked acceptably for eight years; there is no reason to alter them.

New York City Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein said that he believed that the Chicago promotion rules had worked, and that New York's policy was similarly intended to strengthen early grade education.

These rules have worked well for Wisconsin and Rhode Island.