Sentence examples for rules there was from inspiring English sources

In the first parliament constituted under the new rules there was an increase rather than a decline of upper class men at Westminster.

"We reckoned that even if we played it by the rules there was still plenty to do". The two have embarked on a partly autobiographical project that crosses the border separating art from fashion.

Under House rules, there was a term limit for all members, including the chairman.

In a world where those with the most wealth quite literally made the rules, there was no room for slackers.

When a friend, Buzzy Hellring, typed up a draft set of rules, there was the matter of what to name the game.

"There was no mechanism, there was no option, there was no set of rules, there was no funding to allow us to address that situation," Bernanke said last month, at the Economic Club of New York.

For all rules there are exceptions (or aberrations).

"The more rules there are, the more we like it".

Employees who break the rules there are fired.

I've broken every unwritten cutting board rule there is.

Beyond all rules, there are meta-rules.