Sentence examples for contravene by from inspiring English sources

Like Hamlet, too, he speaks in verse, which Mr. Tindle plays down, like any good actor, but which he also seeks to contravene by often lapsing into a kind of overwrought legato; it smooths down the jingle of the rhymes but can itself become self-conscious.

But a law established for a public reason cannot be contravened by a private agreement".

"Thus, in our opinion, no such right is contravened by the Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013".

(Remember all that Season One bother about whether he would or would not accept a valet?) "I sometimes feel the world is rather different than it was before the war …" he muses, only to be cut off and contravened by Lord Grantham.

The reference to ?the improbability of random mutation as a driving factor in genetic change? is a stock creationist canard contravened by decades of scientific research.

According to these legends, paleoanthropology is based on finds that are admittedly fraudulent (Piltdown) or unadmittedly fraudulent (Peking), or is contravened by neglected finds (Paluxy).

Three such legends, according to which paleoanthropology is based on finds that are admittedly fraudulent (Piltdown) or unadmittedly fraudulent (Peking), or is contravened by neglected finds (Paluxy), are critically discussed.

HubSpot's slim cash load and expanding losses — the firm had a deficit attributable to common shareholders of $16.37 million in the first six months of 2013 — are contravened by its rising revenues: HubSpot had revenue of $51.27 million during the first two quarter period of the year, compared to $35.08 million in the preceding-year calendar period.

The move appears to contravene calls by the Treasury select committee of MPs for banks to be more transparent in their dealings with customers.

You could, for example, argue that the England one-day captain, Eoin Morgan, was contravening it by questioning the decision of the officials and the integrity of his opponent at Lord's on Saturday evening.

The personal rivalry between McClernand and Grant continued after Vicksburg, until Grant removed McClernand from command when he contravened Grant by publishing an order without permission.