Sentence examples for contrary to fundamental from inspiring English sources

"We say [the rule is] contrary to fundamental principles of insolvency law".

The government's arguments had been contrary to "fundamental constitutional principles of the sovereignty of parliament".

According to the document: "Actively promoting the values means challenging opinions or behaviours in school that are contrary to fundamental British values.

Dinah Rose QC, for the Guardian, said Dominic Grieve, when he was attorney general, had behaved "contrary to fundamental constitutional principle".

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued a statement saying that rescinding DACA is "contrary to fundamental American principles and the best interests of our country".

Lord Falconer said Washington was "deliberately seeking to put the Guantánamo detainees beyond the reach of law" and that "use of torture by a state is contrary to fundamental human rights law".

That notion runs contrary to our fundamental premises about the law.

To disarm citizens while criminals have guns is illogical, unreasonable and contrary to our fundamental right of self-preservation.

Boycott rallies had the flavor of revival meetings; protesters objected to foul language & anti-Americanism, & to implications in the texts that seemed contrary to their fundamental Christian belief.

"There is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability," they wrote, adding that the treatment Trump had expected "runs contrary to the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy".

Another item in the platform declared that "homosexual behavior is contrary to the fundamental unchanging truths that have been ordained by God".