Sentence examples for written rules from inspiring English sources

Precedent, if not written rules, has pointed that way.

Nor did it appear that written rules existed elsewhere.

The "high, hard one" that became an American idiom is ball one, despite the written rules.

We determined that General Lavelle had exceeded his authority under the written rules of engagement.

If lenders are to face such new liabilities, they need clearly written rules and safeguards.

They wagered that a national government based on written rules could hold the country together.

"They don't have any written rules regarding this," he said of the taxi commission.

Many states decided that disputes would be worked out case by case, without written rules.

On Thursday, the ministry backed down, calling the requirement a "misunderstanding" spawned by badly written rules.

He'd apparently suggested that the Shariah — God's law under Islam — be codified into written rules to facilitate a just society.

MR James devised his stories in accordance with a series of self-written rules, which stipulated the evocation of "a pleasing terror" without gratuitous sex or bloodshed.