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There are exceptions to every rule.

There's an unwritten rule that you don't wear jeans to work.

They made an ineffective attempt to get the rules changed.

Prisoners complain that they are subjected to too many petty rules and restrictions.

Grammatical rules prescribe how words may be used together.

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Various parts of Africa have suffered under colonial rule.

The constituency fell to Labour at the last election, after ten years of Conservative rule.

The president resigned after 30 years of autocratic rule.

In the end she left home just to escape the tyrannical rule of her mother.

The people revolted against foreign rule and established their own government.

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The occupying force ruled by diktat.

The Romans ruled over most of Europe.

He was able to rule the game with his superior strength and skill.

He has been ruling the country since a military coup in 1987.

It used to be said that Britain ruled an empire on which the sun never set.

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Her confession was ruled inadmissible as evidence because it was given under pressure from the police.

The judge ruled that the directors had knowingly broken the law.

The judge ruled her unfit to plead on the grounds of insanity.

We won't be surprised if the judge rules in her favour.

The player was ruled off-side and so the goal was disallowed.