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Meanings of hard-and-fast in inglês

(Of rules) stringently enforced.

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Usage of hard-and-fast in inglês
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But timing will depend on costs and market conditions, not hard-and-fast schedules.
Reuters
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There are no hard-and-fast rules in this State about advertising in schools.
The Irish Times
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No hard-and-fast deadlines exist for getting a deal done, Glenn told Reuters.
Reuters
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I did impose one hard-and-fast rule: a degree of consistency is required.
The Irish Times
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But there are no hard-and-fast rules on who should be on them.
Reuters
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As far as I am concerned, I cannot make any hard-and-fast plans.
El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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Lord Ormont thinks he had too hard-and-fast a system for the battle-field.'
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 3
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Rich nations are reluctant to make hard-and-fast commitments to boost funding.
Reuters
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You will have hard work to settle it down into hard-and-fast noncommittal lines.
Her Father's Daughter
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There are no hard-and-fast rules for how to make chop suey.
The everything stir-fry cookbook: 300 fresh and flavorful recipe...
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You are too big, too comprehending, Mr. Hodder, to have a hard-and-fast rule.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 02
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There are no hard-and-fast rules, but these guidelines should help.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
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She taught me to dance against and around the hard-and-fast beat of the music.
My Antonia
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But it now seems this is not a hard-and-fast rule.
BBC
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In any event, it's partly speculation on our part, with very little hard-and-fast proof.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
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Some arrangement that partook more of the hard-and-fast was needed.
Bertram Cope's Year