But they are riddled with exemptions.
But the system is riddled with exemptions and loopholes.
But this remains riddled with exemptions, special cases and non-tariff barriers.
Although the law governing Pentagon contracts requires competition on large projects, it is filled with exemptions.
Even with exemptions for workers who extend their visas, that cap has been hit every year but one.
It has turned the sales tax into a more transparent value-added tax (though riddled with exemptions).
The law provides journalists with exemptions that are not available to other processors of data, such as robotic search engines.
But even without this, the DPA can be flexible, with exemptions for using data for research being one example.
But the rule was riddled with exemptions for train operators, electricity and natural gas workers, and other groups.
These should be reduced by up to 70%, but with exemptions limited to those on low incomes, they said.
Mostly, the rule concerns large industries, with exemptions remaining and indeed expanding for farmers, ranchers and foresters, EPA officials have repeatedly stressed.
