abide

Word:

**abide**
Context Sentence: The way I see it, the BBC, when it is speaking directly to the viewer through an announcer or if the sript is written before it is read, does have a responsiblity to **abide** by conventional English.

Source: //‘It’s not the BBC’s job// //to change our language’// by Lynne Truss **//The Times//** 19/10/05

Definition: v. 1) with can/ could, in negative sentences or questions, tolerante( sb/sth); endure; bear 2) **abide by** sth; be faithful to promise; act in accordance with sth. e.g.: abide by agreement, verdict, ruling, etc You'll have to abide by( i.e. accept) the referee's decision.

=Here are some more examples of 'abide by' - notice what sort of things are involved:=

I/We wish to join the Campaign for Real Ale Limited, and agree to **abide by** __the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Campaign__.

Why do they make __laws__ to **abide by** if they can't abide by them?

A further recommendation is for the setting up of an independent body of journalists that would **abide by** __an agreed code of conduct.__

The union had made __an agreement__ and it would **abide by** it.

We have raised it through the United Nations, and we see the United Nations as the primary focus for encouraging a much wider group of countries to sign __the treaty__ and **abide by** it.

Hopes of a settlement had emerged after Li was quoted, in an interview in Beijing on Dec. 4, as saying that China would seek" mutual accommodation", and that" pending a resolution of the border issue, both sides should **abide by** __the border lines under actual control__".

Mr Major insisted that the Government would **abide by** __normal parliamentary procedures__.