Sentence examples for rule was for from inspiring English sources

The only time I fudged that rule was for Madonna.

(The rule was for country people, like us, not so much for towners).

What Basil's rule was for Eastern monachism, St. Benedict's was for early Western monasticism.

The "five-minute" rule was for the driver's wait time, not his drive time as I stated; my misapprehension was that the five-minute window extended to the getaway escape, but I had just stupidly got hold of the wrong end of the stick.

The only exception to our silence rule was for boat-related safety issues.

The only exception it carved out to this new rule was for streaming music, radio and flash briefing Skills (news briefings) where advertisements were not the core functionality.

The jurisdictions covered by the preclearance rule are, for the most part, firmly in that category.

The second rule is for the Recipient.

The third rule is for the Subject.

The first rule is for the Sender.

A good rule is for every inch of fish = five gallons of water.