51.   Hoping to get the lifer to agree to the operation, Conner works to get the warden to bend rules.

52.   However, the rules are frequently bent, often with impunity.

53.   I think he does a great job of bending the rules.

54.   In an interview, Lyons said the administration might bend some rules to get exchanges.

55.   In extenuating circumstances common sense dictates bending the rules as long as no one gets hurt.

56.   In some high-profile cases, immigration officials have bent the rules.

57.   In each place, longstanding election rules were bent and even ignored.

58.   In the end, the man who bends the rules says he leaves it up to the audience to be the final judge.

59.   In the course of play, they ferret out weak spots that could allow players to bend the rules to their advantage.

60.   Instead of acting like moral bookkeepers, they bend the rules and own up to their deeper responsibilities.