basic rule

collocation in English

meaningsofbasicandrule

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basic
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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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 ofbasicandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thebasicruleholds in all types of situations, however.
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That is thebasicrule.
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Thatbasicruleis inflexible.
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That is abasicrule.
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This is abasicruleof secularity.
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That, then, is thebasicrule.
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It is thebasicruleof advocacy.
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There are some modifications to thebasicrule.
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That is a reasonablybasicruleof statutory drafting.
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Ungar summarises the twobasicrule-of-law goals as strengthening ' administration ' and accountability, dividing them into actions affecting the state, judiciary and civil society.
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At home, we cannot opt out of thebasicruleof economics.
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It is too easy on such occasions to forget thatbasicrule.
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To do otherwise would vitiate thebasicruleof relevancy in debate.
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This should be thebasicrulefor men and women alike.
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Thebasicruleis "no cash, no share"; that is to say, no remuneration.
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It is abasicrulefor scientific trials that results are not published prematurely.
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No one can dispute that this is the firstbasicruleof financing a business.
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Narrowing thebasicruleapplying to the admission of wives would have raised formidable difficulties.
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Abasicruleis that one should not answer hypothetical questions.
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That must be thebasicruleof our engagement at all times.
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Thebasicruleof our law is that hearsay evidence is inadmissible.
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Thebasicrulewas the mandatory increase of rents in 1972-73 by £26 per dwelling.
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There must be circumstances in which there are exceptions to thatbasicrule.
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Thebasicruleis that acquiring a dominant position by merger or by acquisition is not allowed.
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The regulations underpin the listing rules on listed companies by setting out abasicrulethat uses compatible definitions.
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