0 the principles on which future behaviour is based: --
In all relationships a few ground rules have to be established.
1 the basic rules for doing something: --
We set very strict ground rules for the interviews.
2 the rules on which a person or organization bases their behaviour: --
To avoid these issues in the future, the government must clearly and transparently establish the ground rules of any future ' partnerships'.
The opposition was willing to abide by the ground rules, and bide its time.
So there were all the ground rules that the management consultant could think of.
This analysis also suggests that the extent and quality of creativity found in classroom dialogues is influenced by shared ground rules.
Yet the ground rules for drawing lessons from history - in scholarship as well as in politics - remain poorly articulated and inexact.
He provides advice about building ground rules at an early stage of the critical friendship.
A mathematical/psychometric framework for comparing the perceptual response to different analysis-synthesis techniques: ground rules for a synthesis bake-off.
The central actor is thus obliged to define the goal of action, delineate the ground rules of behaviour, and to design means to monitor implementation.
