• Certain materials that can be made to adhere to surfaces in regular lattices could be used to maximise the reflective properties of road signs at night.

    ECONOMIST: MONITOR

  • Yet if your investments in people are really that valuable, you need to be willing to adhere to similar standards of conduct and disclosure, and withstand scrutiny.

    FORBES: What Will It Take For HR To Gain The Respect That It Wants?

  • The committee also wants healthcare providers to be more open and adhere to a "duty of candour", which requires them to publish information about the complaints they receive and the progress they make.

    BBC: Failing NHS complaints system needs overhaul, MPs say

  • The idea is that anyone who records such a promise on video and distributes it to friends will be more likely to adhere to the promise.

    FORBES: Echo From Davos: Murdoch And MySpace

  • Traditional mutual funds tend to be actively managed, while ETFs adhere to a passive index-tracking strategy, and therefore have lower expense ratios.

    FORBES: Getting Into The Gold Market

  • All members will be expected to contribute 200 billion and to adhere to budget guidelines.

    FORBES: Currencies, Credit Ratings and the Compact: Affairs of States

  • Though there is evidence Iran will not be concerned with the possibility of its own destruction, there is also evidence that Iran will be less prone to adhere to the nuclear taboo, the moral disapproval toward nuclear weapons that prevents usage in conjunction with MAD.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A Nuclear Iran: The Case for Action

  • On Thursday, Iran's central bank devalued the rial by 8% against the dollar and ordered all currency-exchange shops to adhere to the official rate or be shut down, according to Iran's official media.

    WSJ: Iran Blasts West Over Oil Embargo

  • Wal-Mart vendors are forced to adhere to strict environmental guidelines if they want to be an approved supplier and as a result Wal-Mart is doing a tremendous amount of good for our environment.

    FORBES: Has Wal-Mart Has Lost Touch With Its Populist Roots?

  • We need to be equally clear about the menace posed by those who adhere to Shariah but profess to seek to "Islamicize" America through non-violent means.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Jihad 101

  • He recommended that units that failed to adhere to basic standards of care should be prevented from providing services, and if those failings had led to death or serious harm to patients legal sanctions were appropriate.

    BBC: News

  • Mr Francis, in his report, recommended that units that failed to adhere to basic standards of care should be prevented from providing services, and if those failings had led to death or serious harm to patients legal sanctions were appropriate.

    BBC: A hospital ward

  • Companies that don't adhere to the standards would be ejected from the initiative and publicly shamed.

    WSJ: Another Fire as Bangladesh Toll Tops 900

  • The ECB has been warned English sides will be frozen out if they fail to adhere to rules on player eligibility.

    BBC: ECB hopes for Twenty20 compromise

  • Skeptics will point out that if we rigorously adhere to current law, everything will be fine.

    FORBES: The Hidden Costs of Health Entitlements are Growing at Triple the Rate of Health Entitlements

  • He repeated the argument that there would be moral and political pressure upon Mr Salmond to adhere to, for example, any suggestions from the Electoral Commission for amending the proposed referendum question.

    BBC: Spectre at the feast

  • If there will be no resolution in the Security Council, it will be basically a failure of the international community to adhere to the basic rules that were already laid down with respect to the possible exit from the conflict about a month ago by the G8 leaders.

    NPR: Israel Delays Expansion of Lebanon Offensive

  • In light of section 114 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112-175), I am hereby instructing the heads of executive departments and agencies that they should continue to adhere to this policy through March 27, 2013, the date after which statutory pay adjustments may be made pursuant to section 114 of Public Law 112-175.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • He too has begun to adhere to the strict Sharon maxim that there can be no resumption of political negotiations until all violence is ended entirely.

    ECONOMIST: Israeli-Palestinian fighting

  • Some U.S. retailers are uncomfortable with the accord because they could be liable in U.S. courts if they fail to adhere to the provisions, according to one person familiar with the matter.

    WSJ: Wal-Mart Announces Own Bangladesh Safety Plan

  • And on the other are the traditionalists, who still adhere to the belief that training and development budgets should be focused on what they term key staff, the movers and shakers who apparently make businesses bigger, better and more profitable.

    FORBES: The Middle Management Crunch

  • Our expectation would be that whatever the next government of Egypt is, that they would adhere to treaties signed by the government of Egypt.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • For both parties, stimulating the economy (or keeping it from sinking) will be the No. 1 issue, and we expect both sides to adhere to fiscal discipline, as they did on most issues in 2007.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • He says there is "soft data" in the form of surveys and interviews that suggests buildings that adhere to feng shui principles make their occupants happier -- be it a shopping mall, office block or a hospital.

    CNN: Asia mixes making money with ancient beliefs

  • As a top-50 player, Tipsarevic must adhere to the so-called whereabouts rule by making himself available to be tested in an one-hour slot for an out-of-competition test if the drug testers randomly come calling.

    CNN: Tennis is a 'clean sport,' says Tipsarevic

  • In 1997, the International Association of Arson Investigators filed a legal brief arguing that arson sleuths should not be bound by a 1993 Supreme Court decision requiring experts who testified at trials to adhere to the scientific method.

    NEWYORKER: Trial by Fire

  • When prisoners are arrested they are released from prison under the terms of the Belfast Agreement, they're released under very stringent conditions and we will be examining the activities of all people who have been released to make sure that they adhere to those conditions.

    BBC: News Online

  • Democrats, especially the fiscally conservative "blue dog" coalition in the House, demanded the relief adhere to the House's "pay-go" rules, which require spending increases to be offset without adding to the deficit.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

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