Which preposition to use with regulation

of Occurrences 545%

I've seen him go on the stage in a general's uniform with carpet slippers and no hat, which everyone knew must be contrary to the regulations of the Arabian army, in which he was supposed to hold his commission.

for Occurrences 96%

No human authority can bind the conscience, nor set rules and regulations for the soul of man.

in Occurrences 57%

Texas passed a new general statute setting a fifteen-year minimum age for factories and Vermont provided for regulations in conformity with those of the Federal Child Labor Act.

as Occurrences 21%

Regulations as to women's labor were gradually fixed in the law.

by Occurrences 20%

But the inroads upon the constitution of Finland, in the form of imperial decrees, rules, and regulations by the Governor-General and his subordinates, have been so many and so sweeping in their character that even the most conservative are beginning to lose patience.

on Occurrences 18%

The United States maintained sanitary regulations on shipboard which were effectual to a certain extent.

about Occurrences 11%

The Kroos are hefty boys and pretty good sailors, but they come from Liberia and there are regulations about their employment.

under Occurrences 10%

The Community funds belonging to each town, have, in conformity to the regulations under which they are administered, a special, or I might say, local application; but collected together into one stock, as is now the case, and directly administered by the government, they produce a more general utility.

with Occurrences 9%

The covenant-breaking State shall, after the restoration of peace, be subject to perpetual disarmament and to the regulations with regard to a peace establishment provided for new States under the terms of SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLE IV.

to Occurrences 7%

But in this supposition, sir, he forgets that the possibility of loss is to be thrown into the balance against the advantage of the expense saved, and that though the strength of the troops be not increased in proportion to the increase of the cost, yet the additional security against a great loss may justly entitle the most expensive regulation to the preference.

than Occurrences 5%

But as an army is, at present, likely to be kept up for our defence, against an enemy less formidable, it may be more seasonable to propose the regulation than the dismission of our troops, and to mention those evils which arise from the present establishment, rather than those which are inseparable from the expense of a standing force.

at Occurrences 5%

It made one feel quite sad to look day after day upon this waste of human food and remember the food rations and regulations at home.

into Occurrences 4%

A locker with a hinged shelf, which opened like a shutter, and thus afforded space for one mattress to be placed upon it, ran along one side of the cabin, under the port-hole, but the floor was the only visible means of accommodation for the second person crammed by Government regulation into this den.

from Occurrences 3%

Compromise by regulation from above, from the brain, of the automatic reactions follows, as training.

against Occurrences 3%

" Great educational institutions must consult the greatest good of the greatest number of common-place minds, by regulations against which genius is apt to kick; and Byron, who was by nature and lack of discipline peculiarly ill fitted to conform to routine, confesses that till the last year and a half he hated Harrow.

among Occurrences 2%

I may mention three regulations among the many that related to them, as illustrative of the galling yoke that pressed on them, amid all their pride and splendour.

without Occurrences 1%

"In their stead we want a judicial and gubernatorial police, which is to watch over and oblige the fulfillment of existing laws and regulations without tortures and abuses.

herewith Occurrences 1%

To the House of Representatives: The rules and regulations herewith submitted have been prepared by a board of officers in conformity with an act passed May 19, 1832.

like Occurrences 1%

But under regulations like these, it would cease without any material injury to the interests of others.

before Occurrences 1%

But without inquiry, whether they who oppose the bill will grant their opposition hypocritical, or their patriotism languid, I shall lay my opinion of this new regulation before your lordships with equal freedom, though with less luxuriance of imagination, and less gaiety of language.

Which preposition to use with  regulation