Sentence examples for rules which state from inspiring English sources

These "positive marriage rules," which state that a spouse must be from a certain social category, were the titular "elementary structures" in The Elementary Structures of Kinship.

That would be a relaxation of the current rules, which state that the government must declare a crisis before it can provide such financing.

The Harris bill would also amend the primogeniture rules, which state that the first-born son of the monarch takes precedence in the succession over older sisters.

Some have been sent to Greece, a country already overwhelmed by the influx of asylum-seekers, under EU rules which state that a refugee must claim asylum in the first country where they arrive.

Not because the impending birth was announced on the stock exchange: this is standard practice thanks to rules which state that investors must be informed if a senior director will be away from their desk for more than three weeks.

Twitter declined to comment but pointed to Vine rules which state that users "may not post content that violates the rights of a third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy and publicity rights".

In the late 1990s, the UK broke the old corrupt rules which stated that rich countries give poor governments money to buy things (notably arms) from rich countries.

This was in clear contravention of the rules, which stated that no more than four tickets could be sold to any individual.

Restricted to our small back garden by invisible rules which stated that playing in public was no longer OK, attempts at playing badminton with my parents resulted in us getting through untold packs of pound-shop shuttlecocks.

Attached to the letter is a document titled "Addendum to the Series Rules," which states that "in the event the Little Genius answers question 1, 2, 3, or 4 incorrectly, the contestants will be entitled to the one (1) time opportunity, but not the obligation, to restart game play with a new question set".

In an e-mail to Mr. Scott, Sarah Tabb, an associate brand manager for Gold Peak Tea, cited Section 6B of the contest rules which states that finalists were prohibited from obtaining votes by "offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, vote farming, or any other activity that artificially inflates such finalists votes as determined by sponsor in its sole discretion".