Sentence examples for undermining rules from inspiring English sources

The arts minister, Michael Ellis, said the ad risked undermining rules to protect heritage.

But on existential matters such as saving the euro or keeping France strong enough to remain a meaningful partner, Mrs Merkel will not hesitate to exercise her power, even if it means breaking pledges or undermining rules.

By dramatically scaling back what the federal government spends on health care and undermining rules designed to guarantee insurance for people with pre-existing conditions, this new proposal would leave millions of Americans struggling to pay their medical bills and to get coverage.

But, although a few more reforms were enacted, they did not succeed in substantially undermining Rule XXII.

Rather, they are undermining rule of law - a key cornerstone for democratic development, as well as social stability - the foundation of the city's economic prosperity," says the paper.

Widespread cheating can undermine rules that are necessary for maintaining social order.

Weak law enforcement and a general laissez-faire ethos in Thailand undermine rules against vice.

Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio, assailed Mr. Trump for trying to undermine rules that were put in place to protect the economy.

Marci Hamilton, a professor at Cardozo School of Law and an expert on the Restoration Act, rightly called the 10th Circuit's interpretation of the law "a fantasy" that badly undermines rules forbidding corporations from discriminating on the basis of religion.

More importantly, politics is again a major player and the same concerted lobbying efforts and networks of corporate influence which undermine rules supporting social responsibility also undermine rules supporting responsibilities to employees.

And public interest advocates say it could undermine rules and regulations governing the environment, health, intellectual property and financial markets (to name only a few topics).