Sentence examples for ruled for example from inspiring English sources

The courts have ruled, for example, that the telephone white pages cannot be copyrighted because the only arrangement involved is alphabetical.

He has ruled, for example, that annual costs of over £1,000 for gardening and £2,000 for domestic cleaning are excessive.

The judge ruled, for example, that the company not only used its market power to defend its monopoly in operating systems but also illegally tried to monopolize the market for Internet browsing software.

Imagine the effect on the workplace, or the potential impact on America's competitiveness, if United States courts ruled, for example, that companies could no longer dictate to their employees what time the workday began and ended.

They ruled, for example, that there was insufficient scientific evidence to support the health claim made by Unilever that its Lipton Tea helps increase alertness, or by Ocean Spray that its cranberry juice helps protect against urinary tract infections.

Searches of students' purses or lockers by school authorities serve the needs of school discipline, the court has ruled, for example, and so do not require a warrant or probable cause.

So they respected private agreements and refused to rule, for example, that lenders had any obligation to disclose onerous credit terms to borrowers.

We had a very strict "no whining" rule, for example, and I've seen kids that should definitely have been brought up with a couple of rules like that.

We have a very strict "no regressions" rule, for example, and a large part of that rule is so that people – very much including the people involved in distributions – don't need to fear upgrades.

It would rule out, for example, killing in self-defence.

On geographical indicator rules, for example.