rule of conduct
collocation in Englishmeaningsofruleandconduct
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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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conduct
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒn.dʌkt/us/ˈkɑːn.dʌkt/
behaviour:
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(Definition ofruleandconductfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrule of conduct
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In fact, the latterruleofconducthas no chance of surviving.
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Conversely, if the new strategy completely invades, it becomes the newruleofconduct.
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Theruleofconductwill be enforced.
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Theruleofconductalready exists.
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Where aruleofconductis applicable, it will not ultimately be for the member to decide whether he obeys theruleofconduct.
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A plain example of the binding nature of a sanction on a law orruleofconductis punishing someone for violating a criminal law.
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In such an analysis, aruleofconductcan be given the meaning of an equilibrium point of the underlying game.
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The game-theoretic setting developed so far is designed to discuss whatruleofconductwill emerge in social dilemmas under what conditions.
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This seems an important finding: cooperation as aruleofconductin social dilemmas can resist subversive, defectionist deviations provided it comes in an aggressive form.
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Once accepted and obeyed to as aruleofconduct, they confirm and reinforce - in their easily grasped form - the cognitive commonalities from which they have originated.
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I am calling for a review of thisruleofconduct.
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That is no achievement, it is a minimumruleofconduct.
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I would suggest as an alternativeruleofconduct, taking time by the forelock.
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Such rules are sometimes said to be 'unscientific'; but except when relating to research procedure aruleofconductis neither scientific nor the reverse; that distinction does not apply.
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Indeed, if such aruleofconductbecomes endemic in a society whenever social dilemmas occur, this is likely to threaten both the productivity and the competitiveness of that society.
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A proverb that describes a basicruleofconductmay also be known as a maxim.
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With regard to the second part, any case in which thisruleofconductis broken would fall to be dealt with according to the regulations.
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If there is only oneruleofconduct, how can it be more restrictive than the equivalent rule in comparison with the sheriff courts when it is the same rule?
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This principle of action furnishes mankind with aruleofconductof universal application, from the smallest matters to the greatest.
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The purpose of each dispensation, then, is to place man under a specificruleofconduct, but such stewardship is not a condition of salvation.
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The greatruleofconductfor us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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The enacting part of the chapter alone has the force of law; it contains the solution of the case or the statement of theruleofconduct.
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The greatruleofconductfor us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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