Sentence examples for clear contravention from inspiring English sources

This is in clear contravention to what the Syrian government has already agreed".

Still, it was enough for the I.A.A.F. to decide that the Cheetahs are in "clear contravention" of the rules.

Still, it was enough for the I.A.A.F. to decide that the Cheetahs were in "clear contravention" of the rules.

"These attacks are in clear contravention of international humanitarian law and are unacceptable," UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs Stephen O'Brien O'Brien told the UN Security Council.

Speaking at the event, the president of the International Narcotics Control Board called legal marijuana "in clear contravention of the conventions".

"The non-medical use of substances, in particular cannabis, are in clear contravention of the conventions," said INCB president Werner Sipp.

For example, a manufacturer need not foresee that a consumer might store a gasoline can in his basement in contravention of clear warning labels.

Never have we seen a president declassify documents in contravention of clear warnings from the intelligence community that doing so would harm national security.

The camps have become de facto no-go zones for the Sudanese government, which it finds galling and which prompts regular announcements that it will clear them out — in contravention of all humanitarian standards.

The government has not given the NCCC an adequate budget to cope with its enormous workload, in contravention of its clear constitutional duty.

Rather, Hood took affirmative steps to remove the safety guards from his saw and -- in contravention of warnings which were "clear, direct, simple, unequivocal, unmistakable, definite, and easy to understand and obey" -- then used the saw to cut several pieces of wood.