Sentence examples for declared in contempt of from inspiring English sources

After waiting a while for them to turn up, he said, he then planned to ask that they be declared in contempt of Parliament.

They presented their findings evidence of thousands of Brazilian workers whose abuse and bondage the state had systematically tolerated to the International Labour Organization, and in 1995 the ILO declared Brazil in contempt of its forced labor conventions, which Brazil had ratified.

They presented their findings evidence of thousands of Brazilian workers whose abuse and bondage the state had systematically tolerated to the International Labour Organization, and in 1995 the ILO declared Brazil in contempt of its own constitution.

After declaring them in contempt of court, he ordered the attorney's arrest.

Without the power to declare someone in contempt of court, the tribunal judges rely on the Secretariat to engage with them in good faith.

Mr. McDonnell was immediately declared to be in contempt of Parliament and suspended for five days.

6.41pm: News from the Channel of the Year awards, where the Wire has just won Non-Terrestrial Programme of the Year and Dominic West (McNulty) has just held the trophy aloft and declared it to be "in contempt of the Murdoch doctrine".

The author declares more than once, in contempt of the repressive and violent who interpret the Shariah selectively, that "claiming divine authority is not the same as possessing it".

The judge threatened to hold her in contempt of court.

They wouldn't hold me in contempt of court.

Obama's move came as the House oversight committee was meeting on Wednesday to vote on whether to declare the attorney-general Eric Holder to be in contempt of Congress.