inflexible rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinflexibleandrule
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inflexible
adjective
uk/ɪnˈflek.sə.bəl/us/ɪnˈflek.sə.bəl/
(especially of opinions and rules) fixed and unable or unwilling ...
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rule
noun
uk/ruːl/us/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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(Definition ofinflexibleandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Its oneinflexibleruleis that it will not hold a meeting inside a factory unless the assent of the trade unions has been obtained.
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Aninflexiblerulewould not secure the right results.
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As it stands, the two-yearinflexiblerulewhich applies makes it a lottery for families.
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Councils can and often do and will allow payment on such a basis, but to make it aninflexibleruleis unrealistic.
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Therefore, they should not be dealt with by an inflexible machine, or aninflexiblerule.
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It is to be hoped that the normal retiring age of sixty will never become theinflexiblerule.
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But the arrangement was struck down by thisinflexiblerule.
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This, again, is not aninflexiblerule.
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In every other case, however, theinflexibleruleis that no illegitimate person, or person claiming through an illegitimate link, can share in the distribution of an intestate's estate.
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It is a rigid,inflexiblerule.
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There is noinflexiblerulethat an indefinite hiring is a hiring for a year.
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Monetary targeting for them was more of aninflexiblerulewhich had to be constantly changed depending on factors in the economy, such as growth etc.
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Farmers often become indignant at the imposition and feel regulations are illogical, inflexible rules that are difficult to implement in real life.
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We were also hampered by inflexible rules for the operation of coach services.
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The amendments under discussion would not add to this, but they would risk imposing inflexible rules.
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In particular, there was much agreement that, wherever possible, transparency was preferable to inflexible rules.
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It has now chosen the worst of all options to achieve a policing of the producers by a cumbersome bureaucratic machine with harsh inflexible rules.
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There is no doubt that the imposition of inflexible rules will lead to distortions of business.
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But you do not get these by pushing up your social costs and burdening your labour market with bureaucratic and inflexible rules, regulations and practices.
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Compulsory competitive tendering imposed inflexible rules upon the way in which decisions were taken as to how and by whom services were delivered.
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