Sentence examples for contrary to the language from inspiring English sources

Sara Rosenbaum, a professor of health law at George Washington University, said: "The new policy reflects a tortured reading of the new law and is contrary to the language of the 1984 statute, which Congress did not change.

And furthermore, Google suggests that the MPAA's approach is contrary to the language in and precedents surrounding the DMCA.

The money, it alleges, came out of the account for premium subsidies, contrary to the language of the appropriations bill that funded those subsidies.

Congress passed a law later in 1877 that took the Black Hills away from the tribe, contrary to the language of the treaty.

But you should make clear that such a result is contrary to the plain language of the McCain-Feingold law.

"Thus we find the election division's opinion regarding the ability of county canvassing boards to authorize a manual recount is contrary to the plain language of the statute".

"It runs directly contrary to the expressed language of the Political Reform Act," Jon Coupal, president of the association, said on Tuesday.

A group of five House Republicans slammed the possible exemptions as "inappropriate" and "contrary to the plain language" of the end-of-year bill in a letter sent Thursday to President Barack Obama.

Where he counts words to be needless, affected, pedantic, ill put together, contrary to the genius of the language, there is no objection to his saying so; on the contrary, he may do real service in this way: but let their claim to belong to our book-language be the humblest, and he is bound to record them, to throw wide with an impartial hospitality his doors to them, as to all other".

In the judgment of the court, the argument is contrary both to the language used by parliament in the 1972 act, and to the fundamental principles of the sovereignty of parliament and the absence of any entitlement on the part of the crown to change domestic law by the exercise of its prerogative powers".

At a meeting yesterday of the district council's negotiating team, a handful of union leaders attacked the merit-pay language as contrary to the principles of trade unionism.