Sentences with phrase «guideline than a rule»

Sure, it's a good idea to give it a few minutes before driving off when it's really cold, but it's more of a guideline than a rule.

Ultimately, these are actually more guidelines than rules (except for the title page and copyright page guidelines — those are iron fast), and only when you play around will you know what's best for your book.

Book sizes can vary so these are more guidelines than rules, but it is important whatever size you pick to verify from your POD or traditional printer what their standard size are.

This is more of a guideline than a rule, so be sure to get to know your pup's individual needs.

It's really more of a guideline than a rule, from what I understand.

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The new rules were tougher than expected, according to Goldman, particularly the guidelines around earnings stripping, a practice in which US taxable earnings are reduced through the lending of money from one subsidiary to another.

His approach comes down to a few basic principles: Offer support, rather than guidelines and rules.

Rather than implementing prohibitive rules that make for distracted and unhappy employees, it's far better to prepare some sensible guidelines for your company to cope with the relationships that will inevitably arise, and in a manner that is helpful to everyone, from the couple's managers to their colleagues.

In his dissent, Pai's main complaint was with what he saw as a double standard: He said that the order unfairly stuck ISPs with stricter rules than internet companies like Google, which are able to harvest and monetize personal data more freely under looser guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission.

Let employees use complaint - resolution policies as guidelines rather than rules.

The financial planning rule of thumb is to spend no more than 30 percent of a familys monthly income on housing, but it is nearly impossible to follow that guideline now in Seattle.

But, as those with experience can tell you, this is nothing more than a general rule or guideline.

These sets of rules I set up for myself are more guidelines than anything.

To a large degree, freedom is granted to the members, but they are still bound together by glad acceptance of the common life, and they use the rule as a guideline rather than as an arbitrarily imposed dictate.

As you can see, a killer tostada can be endlessly modified and of course, this anatomy is more of a guideline than it is a rule.

Like they say about the pirates code in the seminal American film Pirates of the Caribbean, this method is based on what you'd call «guidelines» rather than actual «rules.»

Using the guidelines above (I am a scientist, I need rules to follow) I altered my previous recipe a bit, and I must say this product is much better than my first go at it a few months ago.

Think of these as guidelines rather than rules that are set in stone.

I've seen a reminder about the rules and guidelines more frequently than ever before.

Davis notes that in spite of a CBA that occupies 316 pages of mostly single - spaced sentences, the NFL has not bargained for «anything regarding dating, contacting or fraternizing cheerleaders or anyone» or for «any rules or guidelines for social media, posting or appearances other than as it relates to promoting products.»

That means the information below should be treated as general guidelines rather than concrete rules.

They prefer to make their own policies and set their own guidelines rather than follow an authority figure's rules.

The company believes that the USDA's new «Smart Snacks in School» rule, which is the first change to competitive food guidelines in more than 30 years, will lead to significant improvements in student health, happiness and overall performance — both in the classroom and on the athletic field.

As of 2013, 12 states had adopted stricter rules than the federal guidelines on disqualifying individuals or households from SNAP for failing to meet the work requirements.

Countdown Begins on Remodeling, Repairing and Paint Rules «New EPA Regs Aimed at Decreasing Lead Poisoning» In less than a month, all contractors who perform renovations, painting and remodeling that might disturb lead - based paint in houses, child care facilities and schools built before 1978 will be required to meet stricter guidelines under the new regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oneida County Health Department officials said today.

Rather than a set of hard - and - fast rules, the guideline is intended as an aid to clinical decision making for professionals at all levels of experience in treating opioid use disorders.

It's so much bigger than the rules and nutrition guidelines.

I think that while we certainly must have guidelines about how children act in food related situations, these «rules» should be taught by example and practice rather than iron fist (or wooden spoon).

Also ignore the «Must have» thing at the bottom of the page, it's more of a set of guidelines than actual rules.

And thirdly, the Code is more what you'd call «guidelines» than actual rules.

The more than 30 pages of proposed rules for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, include protections for educators who seek to share information to protect a student's health or safety, new guidelines for school districts on sharing student data with educational researchers, and a proposed requirement that schools safeguard electronic and other records, including from some school staff members.

Perhaps in Michelle Rhee's world our Connecticut laws are «more of what you call guidelines than actual rules.»

Although the law allows the state government until July 2013 to produce those guidelines, I recognize that it is vitally important that this updated teacher evaluation process be put in place so I've instructed our Commissioner of Education to have those rules in place no later than December 31 of this year — so we can begin the upgraded the teacher evaluation process sooner.

TSA issues new rule regarding Kindles and air travel — Under the new TSA guidelines, fliers will be forced to remove «all electronics larger than a cell phone» from their carry - on luggage and place those devices in a bin with nothing above or below.

The 28/36 rule in calculating a mortgage applicant's DTI is more of a guideline than a hard rule.

The rule of 72 isn't completely accurate, and is used more as a guideline than anything else.

«Clearly, these rules can be broadly applied, and each investor's circumstances are unique, potentially allowing for more or less spending than this general guideline.»

For home owners buying a second home with more than 20 % down payment insurer guidelines may not apply and lender rules will assigned.

You may apply this rule as a guideline: plan to repay no longer than you plan to enjoy the benefits of the loan.

Similar to the 15 % guideline that funds were already abiding by, the rule also states that a fund can not have more than 15 % of its NAV invested in illiquid investments.

The 4 % rule is really a guideline rather than a hard and fast rule — If your equities perform better than expected then you can spend a bit more than the 4 % rule amount however the opposite is also true, if you encounter a bear market and the value of your portfolio drops then you should be prepared to cut back on the withdrawals.

What I've found is many banks and lenders still set their own rules, which are stricter than these guidelines.

This paper traced the history of the long - time rule of thumb that students who had to pay more than 8 % of their incomes for student loans might face difficulties and looked for better guidelines.

With less than two years to go until the full implementation of the Department of Labor (DOL) fiduciary standards rule, annuity carriers are scrambling to create new products to meet those strict pro-customer guidelines.

Now, if only they were rules rather than mere guidelines!

This is how news emerged about Chase's so - called «5/24 rule,» which seems to be a guideline that Chase uses to reject applications from people who have applied for more than five cards (from any bank) in the last 24 months.

But, it's more of a rule than a guideline and, well, I am in charge.

PSU more than followed the rules, compatible with OSTP guidelines.

The title of month's article is a bit of a misnomer, and my suggestion of a rule is a mental guideline more than anything.

He ruled that the discs were worth $ 700,000, and sentenced Lundgren to 15 months in prison — far less than the 36 to 47 months called for by federal sentencing guidelines — and a $ 50,000 fine.