play by the rules

To be sure, not everyone will play by the rules.

They want to make sure we were playing by the rules.

You have to play by the rules to get on.

He had to play by the rules of the market.

And we did not play by the rules of the game.

Despite working hard and playing by the rules, most will simply never be able to get ahead.

But play by the rules and everything will be okay.

You think Israel's still around because they play by the rules?

If they are not playing by the rules, now is the time to put things right.

These people, too, decided that they would not play by the rules.

"These guys work really hard, but I think they should play by the rules."

In other words, if the police don't play by the rules, you go free.

The thing about games is that you have to play by the rules.

"They would have to wait in line behind those who played by the rules and followed the law."

That policy isn't working, if other countries won't play by the rules, why should we?

The Japanese, he says, have not played by the rules.

He is simply playing by the rules as they exist now.

Someone had to make sure that baseball would always be played by the rules.

It's worth playing by the rules, whether they like it or not.

They play by the rules of economic development, this is their primary interest.

"But I think he played by the rules in his vision of reality."

"We are asking that they at least play by the rules."

He calls for a new social contract, in which "people who play by the rules get ahead."

Even the best systems strike back hard when you don't play by the rules.

"But I told you these people don't play by the rules, and the game's about to start."