rigid rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrigidandrule
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rigid
adjective
uk/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/us/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/
stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...
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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 ofrigidandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is norigidrule.
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Bounded rationality suggests that people use heuristics to make decisions, rather than a strictrigidruleof optimization.
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There is norigidruleabout it.
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Norigidruleis therefore possible.
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I do not think there is anyrigidrulenow.
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Such arigidrulewould not be practicable.
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I cannot accept arigidruleon this matter.
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And what was the result of having thisrigidrule?
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This can never be reduced to arigidrule.
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In general, the burial chamber is placed in a roughly centered axial position, but this location relative to the completed cover building is not arigidrule.
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One should not start off by arigidrulewhich is to apply to all cases.
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It does not seem to us that it need be arigidrule.
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It is even in this case to-day impossible to apply arigidrule.
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That sort of application of arigidruleundermines what we understand by family life.
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However, arigidruleautomatically excluding all historical or traditional features would be impossible to apply.
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Widows could have particular arrangements if one removed therigidruleabout the age of 50.
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To apply arigidruleonly defeats the object for which the regulation was made.
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It is quite clear we cannot have any absolutelyrigidrule.
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It would not be possible to have such arigidruleas that.
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There is norigidruleprescribing the age of retirement of a special constable.
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You should not be bound by arigidrule.
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There are occasions when arigidruleabout age would not be appropriate and special circumstances do arise.
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He should make this hardrigidruleimplicit upon every member of the public, and he should abolish it altogether.
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This new law is of great help because it at least gives us some alleviation from a veryrigidrule.
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I would rather consider individual cases on their merits, as we do now, than have arigidrule.
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