Sentence examples for by contempt of from inspiring English sources

The home secretary, Theresa May, also retains a power of last resort to issue a ministerial direction backed by contempt of court proceedings against universities that refuse to implement the new counter-extremism rules on external speakers.

May originally wanted to see an outright ban on extremist speakers, including non-violent extremists, being given a platform on university campuses backed by contempt of court powers in reserve for any university vice-chancellor that refused to implement the ban.

Extreme violence reported towards transvestites and Roma was generally interpreted as driven by contempt for being of minority or deviant status (box 3, extract 3).

They have done it by contempt for the unavoidable meaning of the words of the Bill of Rights: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted".

Worse still is when our Christian witness in the world is marked by contempt for so much of the world.

Page A9 PRIME MINISTER MUST TESTIFY Pakistan's highest court escalated its clash with the government by initiating contempt-of-court proceedings against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for failing to pursue corruption charges against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari.

Society is suffused by contempt for the West and hatred of Israel.

His support was boosted by a misguided government effort to bar him from standing by pressing contempt of court charges, a ploy which collapsed on May 4th.

Kamiński's contempt for homosexuals is matched by the contempt of the ruling Polish centre-right for women and their right to assert control over their bodies.

Contrary to popular myth, such research is not prohibited by the Contempt of Court Act 1981 — which applies only to jurors' "deliberations".

Israelis, meanwhile, stung by the raw contempt of their former ally in the region, vowed to keep away from Turkey.