Sentence examples for first flouted from inspiring English sources

It was Germany, along with France, which first flouted the EU's Maastricht deficit rules in 2003.Even more important, Germany is changing fast.

The one-time multimillionaire pleaded guilty to insider trading after first flouting City rules in 1997.

A third flouted fire safety regulations; when a blaze broke out, a man narrowly escaped with his life.

As the scandal ground on, Nixon made his second mistake: he flouted the authority of a coequal branch of government.

It wasn't the first time she's flouted awards-show etiquette: At the Golden Globes, she began her acceptance speech by dissing Meryl Streep.

And years from now, all those fans may remember that game in June 2009 when the Mets hit three home runs, Johan Santana allowed four, and one of the stingier ballparks around flouted its first two months of precedent.

The first is to flout its rules and values; the second is to take them too seriously.

When government officials tell a private corporation to allow citizens to speak, are they upholding the First Amendment or flouting it?

In the first place, while flouting a state's laws and decrees might undermine general compliance with those laws, disobeying them secretly or privately need not lead to this consequence.

Interviewers in such programs are forbidden to ask applicants if the program is their first choice, a rule often flouted.

But with such uncertainty, international law forbids the forced return of people to a country where they fear persecution.Sadly, it is not the first time that Thailand has flouted such rules.