Sentence examples for rules meaning from inspiring English sources

Under current law, ballots follow usual parliamentary voting rules, meaning strikes can be called on a simple majority vote.

The economic and indeed the cultural benefits of migration depend on the rules meaning what they say.

But that was revoked in 2013, with new rules meaning that heads can now only authorise absences in "exceptional" cases.

The job is exempt from civil-service rules, meaning the person serves at the will of the appointing authority, in this case the Quinn administration.

During my time in Lebanon, we had a dark joke about "Hama rules," meaning there were no rules governing Syrian conduct.

They will be all the more difficult to comply with because of bizarre rules meaning NGOs campaigning together could be jointly liable for each other's costs.

Pest managers call this the 80/20 rule, meaning that 80percentt of pest problems come from 20percentt of the area.

The bill includes a six-month rule, meaning that patients with less than six months to live and are deemed of sound mind can ask to die.

The comparison fails Mr. Brown's "five-second rule," meaning that you have to look at the painting at length to discern a likeness.

Irons' mission, a paragon of faith and industry, then suddenly finds itself under Portuguese rule, meaning his Guaraní are at risk of being carted off by slave traders.

The game ended because of the 10-run rule, meaning the Americans felt like high school players for one depressing night.