How To Use Contravene In A Sentence
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A memo from March 1988 revealed the project was to be ditched because it "contravened" statements from ministers saying UFOs did not pose a threat to the UK.
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It seems to us to contravene all normal rules of equity that they should be able to behave in this fashion.
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On this evidence, it appears the excision of oral health from national health policy, contravenes the international health charter on all counts.
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Conditions in the prison were not good, he wrote, but in his opinion they didn't specifically contravene any UN conventions.
THE EXECUTION
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We resolutely oppose such and practices that contravene facts and undermine China - US relations.
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What matters is how this declaration would contribute to the uplifting of morals by those in government and the general populace and whether it contravenes the rights and freedoms of non-Christians.
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Someone having always that strange brightness of an essential flame that is caught, meshed, contravened.
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Lay people are barely aware that the state government exists and are far more intensely aware of the benefits they receive from federal government programs that contravene this proposed amendment.
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It seems to us to contravene all normal rules of equity that they should be able to behave in this fashion.
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The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws.
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I never thought that a socialist minister with a progressive attitude and respect for the constitution would launch such an attack on religious freedom… It's not constitutional and it contravenes fundamental rights.
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The case was also, however, framed as a conspiracy between Shell and others to contravene the sanctions order.
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If the arbitration tribunal issues a final ruling that BP did contravene its shareholder pact with AAR, that could in turn lead to a further escalation in hostilities between the two camps, which have had a fractious relationship since the joint venture was formed in 2003.
Tribunal to Rule on BP Dispute With Russian Partners
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Deliberate poisoning on a grand scale, such as the use of poison gases in warfare is uncommon and contravenes international law.
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This contravenes the movies' typical treatment of cads, who are usually punished for their moral transgressions or transformed into dullards by the power of love.
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The rise of the New Progressives, as Ray calls them, contravenes the commonly held position that America's political landscape resembles a bell-shaped curve, in which small numbers occupy the fringes and the bulk of citizens reside in the passive center.
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These articles contravene the right to freedom of religion and belief and the rule of law under Belgian legislation and the international treaties signed and ratified by Belgium.
Joseph K. Grieboski: Discriminatory Draft Law In Belgium Violates Fundamental Religious Rights
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A statement issued on behalf of the publisher said that it reasserted its support for the original order and repeated that it would never knowingly contravene a court order.
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It also found that the Migration Act contravened international law by barring any judicial review of detention.
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Last week, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg rejected a petition by a group of U.S. airlines that argued the plan to impose the scheme on non-European airlines contravened international law and impinged on the sovereignty of other nations.
Toni Johnson: The Debate Over Aviation Emissions
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Ministers said three months ago that the measure would contravene European competition law.
Times, Sunday Times
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The accused, a music critic, was found guilty of abetting a musician to contravene the Aliens Order 1920.
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No law enacted the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region contravene thellos Law.
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Ministers said three months ago that the measure would contravene European competition law.
Times, Sunday Times
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A fifth of Britain's sewage works contravene state standards on effluents because the owners refuse to invest in them.
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A fifth of Britain's sewage works contravene state standards on effluents because the owners refuse to invest in them.
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We reject and condemn these errors and all others that contradict and contravene the above doctrine as being contrary to the pure Word of God, the writings of the holy prophets and apostles, and our Christian Creed and Confession.
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The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws.
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The conclusion was that the Court, without actually deciding whether the use of the tawse would contravene Art. 3, held that the threat of its use did not do so.
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So you think being forced to walk 20 yards to have a cigarette contravenes your human rights?
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This is a regime that contravenes every single principle or value anyone of our politics believes in.
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Article 3 Adoption shall not contravene laws and regulations on family planning.
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Tell him that the Bank's policy contravenes human rights, breaks his previous promises and should not be implemented.
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In their pursuit of luxuries, the army units concerned contravene policy in many ways.
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If the BBC contravene the code it is not acting unlawfully.
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We reject and condemn these errors and all others that contradict and contravene the above doctrine as being contrary to the pure Word of God, the writings of the holy prophets and apostles, and our Christian Creed and Confession.
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When it comes to a situation where parents' individual interests contravene public interests, there is a need to weigh up all the interests involved.
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A dictatorship contravenes the liberty of individuals.
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This conclusion is independent of whether the organ or official has contravened provisions of internal law or overstepped the limits of his authority.
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These are concrete factual matters and they wish to ensure that their intended activity does not contravene valid law.
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Conditions in the prison were not good, he wrote, but in his opinion they didn't specifically contravene any UN conventions.
THE EXECUTION
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If, on the other hand, members of organisations do engage in acts which contravene the criminal law then the law is able to deal with them.
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The endeavour is to bring those who contravene international law to justice, whether for genocide, possessing illegal weapons or whatever.
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The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws.
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To allow pure punishment in this way contravenes almost every principle which has been evolved for the protection of offenders.
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MGM (Male Genital Mutilation) is a cruel, painful, mutilating, torturous, violative act without valid medical benefit that not only contravenes the UN Charter but also violates every principle of human kindness and medical ethics in every civilized country in the world.
The First Cut | Her Bad Mother
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The council decided an application to convert an old inn into houses would contravene the human rights of villagers who drank there.
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A spokesman for Amnesty International said the measures had caused great concern, and contravened the spirit of the 1951 Geneva Convention, enshrining the rights of those seeking asylum.
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The union has said that the use of agency workers would contravene labour law.
Times, Sunday Times
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A camera was installed in a place where women frequently changed clothing, and the company was found to have contravened the law and was fined, I think it was $700 or $800.
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In the present case it is alleged that Pantell S.A. has contravened sections 47, 56 and 57.
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Where the narrative represents events that contravene these we have four flavours of quirk respectively (expanding on Suvin's coinage/exaptation of "novum" and following his naming strategy): sutura; chimera; erratum; novum.
Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality
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Since the traumatic incident was, by definition, unpleasant, its repetition appeared to contravene the pleasure principle.
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Hitler's orders completely contravened international laws, which he scorned.
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The following day, the Security Council President issued a press statement declaring the Iraqi decision "totally unacceptable," noting that it "contravened" relevant Security Council resolutions.
Text Of A Letter To Congress To Report On Iraq
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Critics said the ban on reporting contravened the public's democratic right to be informed.
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This is because to refuse treatment would contravene the principle that people should be able to move freely to work in another EC country.
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Nevertheless, anyone who contravened the pirate law or code, would be dealt with viciously.
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The budget minister in the Gbagbo administration, Katinan Kone , condemned the bank closures as "illegal" and said the move "contravened the banking code and the bank's public service mission".
BNP, Others Suspend Ivory Coast Operations
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An owner or demise charter who contravenes suBsection (2), (4) (B) or (5) commits an offence and is liaBle to a fine of $5,000.
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This contravenes the Race Relations Act.
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Its view was that the president's decision to sack the government contravened a section of the constitution upholding fundamental political rights.
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He appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Monday claiming the move contravened his human rights.
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This is a victimless crime, costs the taxpayer a ridiculous amount of money and in many cases contravenes people's human rights of privacy and choice.
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But those who contravene the racial laws are persecuted.
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Not to do so would contravene his will, viewed as a construction of his higher-order desires, even if the action turned out to be to his disadvantage.
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At least 11 of the government databases used in the U.K. are seriously flawed and need revamping or just plain scrapping, and according to Ross Anderson, security expert, they most certainly are illegal as they 'contravene' the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Verichip, RFID, Biochips and ID Sniper Rifles- When Is Progress a Danger?
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Some portions of the bill may contravene state law.
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What chance, then, of the judges now forbidding parliament to contravene our home-grown constitutional principle of the rule of law?
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Given that the entire war contravenes international law, does it matter?
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Cllr Pat McCarthy said he wanted clarification on whether or not the car park would contravene the development plan.
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Tanigawa said the conditions contravene basic rights guaranteed by the constitution.
Japan declares no-go zone near Fukushima plant
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Temasek is disappointed that its application for Civil Review has been rejected as it has not contravened Indonesia's antimonopoly laws," Goh Yong Siang , Temasek's senior managing director of strategic relations, said in a statement.
Indonesia Fines Temasek $1.7 Million
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A person who contravenes a traffic regulation order, or who uses a vehicle, or causes or permits a vehicle to be used in contravention of a traffic regulation order, shall be guilty of an offence.
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The union has said that the use of agency workers would contravene labour law.
Times, Sunday Times
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Disclosure would contravene a prohibition imposed by or under any enactment.
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They can only interfere with an act of executive authority if it be shown that the authority has contravened the law.
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Some portions of the bill may contravene state law.
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The agency argued that the EU emissions plan contravened the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and relevant rules of the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization, Xinhua reported.
China Carriers Won't Pay Fees For Emissions
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With the Copyright Extension Act, Congress has basically guaranteed infinite copyrights while managing to not quite contravene the Constitution, merely its clear intention.
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This line of argument is not only absurd, it contravenes elementary democratic principles.
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But what if the question were: should a state be forced to honor marriages performed in other states that contravene local law?
Senate rejects concealed weapons bill
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The European Union has added its weight to the dispute echoing the UK's assertion that the action contravened international law.
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And this contravenes the principle that I have just proposed.
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What we want is not a change in the law but a declaration by the courts that the current law is illegal because it contravenes human rights under the European convention.
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They are curtailed because it is unreasonable to reach a decision which contravenes or could contravene human rights unless there are sufficiently significant countervailing considerations.
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England, and for a time to intermit the exercise of his own religion should any disputes arise; and he engaged that neither he nor his attendants should in any manner contravene, or give countenance to such as contravened, the established religion of the country.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
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He waged a war of aggression that contravened international law.
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Most Muslims believed the Qur'an was uncreated and coeternal with Allah, but the Mutazili believed this contravened their central notion of the unity of God.
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The union has said that the use of agency workers would contravene labour law.
Times, Sunday Times
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As I have said in the past, the entire plan contravened the international law concerning occupied territories, which does not permit an occupier to make alterations in the character of the occupied society or to change civil law.
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Several newspapers last week displayed a lack of taste and discretion which was, frankly, ghoulish and surely contravened two clauses of the editors' code of practice.
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Ministers said three months ago that the measure would contravene European competition law.
Times, Sunday Times
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Since the traumatic incident was, by definition, unpleasant, its repetition appeared to contravene the pleasure principle.
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And I had done more than question—I had just contravened the word.
Raziel
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He then considered the question of whether it was necessary to establish an intention to injure where the conspiracy involved action that contravened penal law.
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However, now the Maldivan High Council on Islamic Matters has issued a press release claiming that Articles 16 and 18 of the Universal Declaration contravene the Maldivan Constitution.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Banned In Maldives
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Some of the other matters about exaggeration, invention of untrue stories and so forth, may arguably contravene the section.
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It also threatens social and political stability in France, and contravenes the rights which secularism and the Republic are supposed to protect.
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I am not satisfied that they contravened the specific prohibition.
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The Chinese had potential to break new ground but instead ended up giving the world a stupendously super-sized version of Expos past that to all appearances contravenes the very theme that portended to make this Expo special, "Better City, Better LIfe.
Bob Jacobson: Can the US Get Back the Needed Moral Authority to Host a 2020 World Expo?
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I mean, initially I was like, ‘No no, I just think this particular war is unjustified and contravenes international law.’
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Any mark of disgrace worn under order would contravene this principle.
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The proposal contravenes the policy and objective.
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This contravenes the Race Relations Act.
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He then considered the question of whether it was necessary to establish an intention to injure where the conspiracy involved action that contravened penal law.
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contravened" statements from ministers saying UFOs did not post a threat to the UK and that resources would not be diverted to investigate incidents.
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Lord Justice Laws said that the refusal to request their return did not contravene human rights or race relations laws.
Times, Sunday Times
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The essence of this principle seems to be that citizens who know that their conduct is on the borderline of illegality take the risk that their behaviour will be held to contravene the law.
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Louw won the award for his outstanding work, which involved raids on illegal shebeens and clamping down on legal liquor outlets that contravened the Liquor Act and served under-age children.