Sentence examples similar to deliberately contravening from inspiring English sources

"The Chief of Navy accepts that none of the commanding officers involved deliberately contravened orders not to enter Indonesian territorial waters," a statement said.

On Monday, Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said he would fully implement the Chinese government's decision: "Any words or deeds that deliberately contravene [the interpretation's] requirements, defy the prescribed oath-taking procedures, or even use the opportunity to insult the country and the Chinese people and advocate cessation, must be stopped in accordance with the law," Leung said.

But we're not contravening any federal statute.

The president could not be impeached for contravening the constitution.

This consensus viewpoint is labelled Contravening Practices (Table  5).

Last October, the board held that the mayor's campaign had not violated the city's campaign finance law, but had "contravened the spirit of disclosure" by moving "deliberately to avoid" the contribution's becoming publicly known before the election.

It contravened BBC policy.

"These practices contravene federal law".

Will it contravene social norms?

It seems to contravene two regulations.

This plainly contravenes the consent decree.