Sentence examples for contravened by from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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.

Women who contravened cultural norms by wearing Western dress or makeup were in danger of punishment by gang rape, known as tournante, or pass round.

She said posters for her party had been defaced and members of the government had contravened the Constitution by campaigning for the ruling party.

Petitioner argues that the decision of the Florida Supreme Court contravened this requirement by creating a "new legal rule" that would apply "retroactively".