Sentence examples for constituted an encroachment on from inspiring English sources

A spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee, which opened a criminal investigation of the Greenpeace activists on Tuesday, said the protest constituted an "encroachment on the sovereignty" of Russia.

What Russia apparently really dislikes is the idea of US bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, again constituting an encroachment into Russia's so-called "near abroad".

This is because they are seen to represent an encroachment on identity.

It means trying to understand the thinking of people who regard gay marriage as unacceptable, who worry that gun controls represent an encroachment on their civil liberties".

Ethical approval of the study was not necessary as research by means of surveys that are not taxing or hazardous for patients (i.e. the once-only completion of a questionnaire containing questions that do not constitute a serious encroachment on the respondent) is not subject to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act WMOO).

Ethical approval of the study was not necessary as research by means of interviews or surveys that are not taxing and or hazardous for patients (i.e. the once-only completion of a questionnaire containing questions that do not constitute a serious encroachment on the person completing it) is not subject to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO).

Ethical approval of the study was not necessary as research by means of surveys that are not taxing and or hazardous for patients (i.e. the once-only completion of a questionnaire containing questions that do not constitute a serious encroachment on the person completing it) is not subject to the Dutch Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO).

Having to establish grounds to get divorced can be viewed as an encroachment on freedom.

("Liminal," in this sense, suggests an encroachment on male territory).

Ministers railed against the act as an encroachment on God's authority.

Making Americans buy health insurance was bad enough, an encroachment on personal liberty, they thundered.