Sentence examples for flouting the terms from inspiring English sources

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"I would also ask the chief constable, in light of this attack, to revise his position in respect of loyalist paramilitaries who are clearly flouting the terms of their ceasefire.

Fielding complaints from borrowers struggling to save their homes, New York's top prosecutor is preparing a lawsuit against Wells Fargo, accusing the bank, the nation's largest home lender, of flouting the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement aimed at stanching foreclosure abuses.

Albuquerque Police Department has also been under fire for allegedly flouting the terms of an agreement with the Justice Department, which was brokered in 2014 after a scathing report found that officers routinely violated people's constitutional civil rights through excessive force.

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We are calling to account a tyrant who has flouted the terms of his surrender.

When Hitler flouted the terms of the Versailles peace treaty, France and Britain did nothing to enforce it.

His critics, including some in the Democratic-controlled county legislature and at the Anti-Discrimination Center, the nonprofit group whose lawsuit led to the agreement, said Mr. Astorino was mischaracterizing a mixed ruling and continuing to flout the terms of the deal.

Wheatcroft explained to me that these were half-tracks, deliberately designed by the Nazis so as not to flout the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which stipulated that the Germans could not build tanks.

Campaigners, who have just presented a 700-signature petition to the council, are particularly unhappy because they argue it flouted the terms of its own 2005 premises licence agreement for Ryelands Park, reached after an amicable discussion with local residents.

Mr Jonathan says his main aims are to tackle Nigeria's woeful electricity supply, change a flawed electoral system and deal with the militant gangs in the oil-rich Delta region, who are threatening to flout the terms of an amnesty granted last year by Mr Yar'Adua and return to violence.So the prospect of a new cabinet has raised hopes.

Activists accuse Karimov of blatantly flouting the constitution, which limits presidents to two terms in office.

Saudi Arabia and other coalition members – and the supplier, the US – are flouting the global standard that rejects cluster munitions because of their long-term threat to civilians".

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