Sentence examples for strict letter from inspiring English sources

As a jurist he was noted for seeking justice rather than for adhering to the strict letter of the law.

The strict letter of the United Nations resolution we're enforcing only authorizes the use of air power to protect civilian populations "under threat of attack" from Qaddafi's forces.

But another problem is that the courts typically have been more liberal in interpreting some of the rules beyond the strict letter of state statute.

Mr. Hama said the government was simply following the strict letter of the law, which allows for victims to receive compensation for medical treatment only in Japan.

Brokers are often stunned by this prohibition, he said, "but I'm a lawyer, and I'm going by the strict letter of the law".

"We scrutinize each request for legal sufficiency under our terms and the strict letter of the law, and require a detailed description of the legal and factual bases for each request".

By the strictest letter of the laws of the game, McLeod needed to release the ball within six seconds, and Pedersen decided she had taken too long.

In fact, I don't care what kind of squabbles McKeith wants to engage in over the technicalities of whether a non-accredited correspondence-course PhD from the US entitles you, by the strictest letter of the law, to call yourself "doctor": to me, nobody can be said to have a meaningful qualification in any biology-related subject if they make the same kind of basic mistakes made by McKeith.

In order to follow the strictest letter of the code BMC Evolutionary Biology and other online journals have had to physically distribute printed copies of relevant articles to appropriate institutions with a relevant explanatory paragraph in the text, see for example, [ 7, 8] and this is also the case for zoological descriptions too [ 9].

If you think your school's dress code is too strict, write a letter to your head to complain and get a petition signed.

The strict symmetry of letters and images converging on the center axis can mean crossed eyes for the viewer, but even more for the artist.