Sentence examples for as contravention from inspiring English sources

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Authorities have cited student activities that violated national security or affected national diplomacy, as well as "contravention of the relevant rules", she said.

The move potentially serves as contravention of a number of pieces of legislation, including the UN's "Beijing Rules" (1985) and Convention on the Rights of a Child (1990), in addition to the Canadian Youth Criminal Justice Act (2002), which all require the direct involvement of the family and community for the purposes of rehabilitation.

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Over a dozen environmental groups are to unite with Kenya's churches to challenge the decree as a contravention of a recent environmental law, and as a denial of people's right to water.Legal experts claim that their case is so strong that it will be difficult for even Mr Moi's most grateful judges to deny.

Lord Camden denounced the treatment of Wilkes as a contravention of Magna Carta.

The rejection of the "Urdu-only" policy was seen as a contravention of the Perso-Arabic culture of Muslims and the founding ideology of Pakistan, the two-nation theory.

That exporters in a rich country should be so dependent on government subsidies is troubling.The distorting effects of FSCs are as worrying as their contravention of the rules of international trade.

A week on, Carteret can't contain her anger at what she sees as a flagrant contravention of her civil liberties.

"The forced labour, mass evictions, land and food confiscation by the military are a flagrant contravention of human rights as well as international and domestic law".

[ 55] Further, it is a gross contravention of medical ethics, as well as an offence under applicable international instruments, for health personnel to engage, actively or passively, in acts which constitute participation in, complicity in, incitement to or attempts to commit torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

He said: "We deeply regret and apologise for the conduct and compliance failures highlighted which were in contravention of our own policies as well as expectations of us".

C'mon American governmental and corporate righteous indignation about unfair or unjust trade practices is amusing to Canadians given the fact that the United States has embedded buy-America policies in contravention of the Free Trade Agreement as well as has alowed systemic protectionism against Canadian lumber, livestock, steel and other products made by other trading partners.

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