Sentence examples for directly contravene from inspiring English sources

This appears to directly contravene a ruling by Indonesia's Supreme Court in September 2013 that effectively blocked further mining exploration on Bangka.

In Latin America, for example, "public health organisations can be reticent to engage in policies that directly contravene national laws or politics".

The sheiks, for example, will not give an opinion on whether non-Muslims are headed to heaven or hell, will not comment on government policy and will not directly contravene an opinion voiced by another religious sheik.

Indeed, because the individual transactions involved in mirror trades did not directly contravene any regulations, some employees who worked at Deutsche Bank's Russian headquarters at the time deny that such activity was improper.

The amendment would also directly contravene both a court order and the statutory requirements of the country's basic law on marine conservation, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which mandates regional fishing plans.

Policing people seeking my care would directly contravene these guidelines that say we cannot allow race, ethnic origin, or social standing, among other characteristics, to intervene between our duty and our patient.

Rarely can a piece have work have so directly contravened that law as Bush's album.

It directly contravenes the allocation of foreign relations capacity under the Israel-P.L.O.

The order, as interpreted and affirmed, directly contravenes the provisions of the ordinance in respect of the Comanche avenue crossing.

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ("he's making a list, he's checking it twice …") directly contravenes GDPR rules.

Such behaviour, said Ziercke, directly contravenes German laws, which forbid undercover agents conducting "tactical love relationships" with those under surveillance.