universal rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuniversalandrule
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universal
adjective
uk/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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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 ofuniversalandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A modernizing ruler is one who transforms society according to theuniversalruleof reason.
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In theorizing closure conditions, the mainstream economist evidently is not assuming that a closure is theuniversalrule.
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That is theuniversalrulewhich applies.
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No, it is not theuniversalrule.
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However, there is nouniversalrule.
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The reason is that the activity of theorizing closure conditions is unintelligible on the assumption that 'a closure is theuniversalrulein nature'.
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I have not the least wish to say that delay is theuniversalrule.
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Auniversalruleon the lines suggested would not be appropriate.
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There is not, as the question appears to imply, a similaruniversalrulefor unestablished employés.
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Each nation has its own qualities, its own traditions, and nouniversalruleis applicable.
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It would be very misleading to suggest that delay was theuniversalrule.
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I believe that that has been theuniversalrulefor the last one hundred years.
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The judges cannot introduce auniversalruleas to what evidence should be believed.
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In this last group there is nouniversalruleabout the appointment of directors.
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We are now asked to make a very big breach in thatuniversalrule.
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Well, some of the arguments apply in this case, but there is nouniversalruleagainst it.
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That is not theuniversalrule, of course, but my experience shows me that there are too many firms who are content with sloppy salesmanship.
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He purported to give us auniversalrulethat in such circumstances staff became demoralised and so began to under-perform.
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Ouruniversalruleis this, that we never use an animal higher in the scale of creation than is absolutely necessary.
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The fastest memory technologies of today are volatile ones (not auniversalrule).
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He pointed out that in 1942 theuniversalruleabout travelling from your place of living to your place of work, and so on, was broken.
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I have inquired since he made the statement, and this is an indication of the danger of adopting auniversalrulewithout any limitation at all.
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Scaling hierarchy or far more small things than large ones is found to be auniversalrulefor cartographic generalization.
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However, there is nouniversalruleabout which terms are considered derogatory and which questions are inappropriate under what circumstances.
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If playing with chips, there is nouniversalrulefor the situation when a player runs out.
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