Sentence examples for defies the rules from inspiring English sources

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It defies the rules of commerce.

The twit-storm centred on Ryan Giggs has got you riled up: "Parliamentary privilege defies the rules.

An app that claims to recharge phone batteries in 30 seconds has been publicly endorsed by the Fijian government, despite experts saying it defies the rules of thermodynamics.

The company proposes to use "emission credits" earned by shutting down Boiler 100 to gain permission to reopen the unit, a maneuver that environmental groups and some legislators say defies the rules governing such credits.

It's not a movie that defies the rules; its moods and its techniques seem invented from scratch, as if on the assumption that there are no rules and that a movie — despite the fundamental fact of recording — is an act of pure creation.

This snake is so very dangerous because it defies the rules of nature (and gravity).

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In response to the report, the IDF said stone-throwing was a "serious criminal offence which can result in serious injury and damage to property, disrupts normal life and defies the rule of law".

HoxB1a and HoxB1b are expressed in rhombomere (r) 4, HoxB2a defies the rule of colinearity and is expressed more anteriorly, in r 3 and r 4, HoxB3a and HoxA3a are expressed most strongly in r 5 and 6 with a weaker domain extending more posteriorly in the spinal cord.

We'll just have to defy the rules.

His use of smelling salts also defied the rules.

In holding a political gathering, they defied the rules of General Musharraf's coup.

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