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were guidelines
noun
A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.
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There were guidelines.
There were guidelines, like on a highway.
There were guidelines to follow after the A.C.L. surgery, he said.
What attracted Susan Farewell to a book group called the IlluminaTea were guidelines that precluded such off-putting antics.
There were guidelines, like on a highway: take the right lane only for this exit, merge ahead, no passing.
Why? -Mr. Croteau suggests that in the upper-class world there were "guidelines" but no "deadlines" – why did he think this?
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Underlying the process are guidelines for fairness.
Quality, not quantity, is the goal, and there are guidelines.
The standards are guidelines for teaching and testing.
They are "Guidelines to Balance Public Health and Corporate Profit".
"Guidelines are not as effective because they are guidelines.
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