rule-bound

Wagner paid him back with Beckmesser one of Nürnberg's mastersingers, who writes and performs terribly unimaginative and rule-bound songs.

Elisabeth Braw: Glyndebourne's Meistersinger: A Triumph Elisabeth Braw 2011

Wagner paid him back with Beckmesser one of Nürnberg's mastersingers, who writes and performs terribly unimaginative and rule-bound songs.

Elisabeth Braw: Glyndebourne's Meistersinger: A Triumph Elisabeth Braw 2011

Bujold's portrayal of a rule-bound society which is trying to adapt to the outside world, and which is run by actual human beings who occasionally just want to run away from it all, is what really makes the series (and gives The Vor Game its title) - my favourite character in this book is Gregor, worried that he may not be up to the job but proving himself both sexually and politically.

The Eleventh Hour nwhyte 2010

Wagner paid him back with Beckmesser one of Nürnberg's mastersingers, who writes and performs terribly unimaginative and rule-bound songs.

Elisabeth Braw: Glyndebourne's Meistersinger: A Triumph Elisabeth Braw 2011

She means the kind of luck that had Colonel Petrov on duty in 1983 instead of someone more rule-bound.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

The result: science does more to show how mysterious and marvelous our universe is than to show how rule-bound and obvious it is.

Apology of a Madman 2009

Executives, suppliers, consultants and bankers point to change in GM's once notoriously rule-bound and slow-moving culture, a process that accelerated under Whitacre.

White House Calling The Shots On GM IPO: Reuters Ryan McCarthy 2010

They are rule-bound varieties of language just like the standard is, with the main difference that they're not written down as often and have historically lacked prestige.

Grammar Pet Peeves: Who, Whom, None Is Or Are? 2011

Executives, suppliers, consultants and bankers point to change in GM's once notoriously rule-bound and slow-moving culture, a process that accelerated under Whitacre.

White House Calling The Shots On GM IPO: Reuters Ryan McCarthy 2010

She means the kind of luck that had Colonel Petrov on duty in 1983 instead of someone more rule-bound.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011