Sentence examples for offence against from inspiring English sources

The offence against the woman was committed in the UK.

If this freedom be abused, it is an offence against God, not against man.

Ireland objected on principle: its justice minister said the idea was an offence against national sovereignty.

One example sticks in my mind, involving a serious sexual offence against a child.

One has since left after a disciplinary offence against a member of staff.

The Vatican set the tone, condemning it as 'an offence against the dignity of work'.

Penalty shootouts are an offence against the greatest of team games, association football.

"The trustees' craven decision is an offence against open intellectual discussion and freedom of thought.

The Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano declared the transfer "an offence against poor people".

Those who fraudulently interfere are committing a most grave offence against the body politic.

It still uses the 1861 Act banning abortion as an offence against the person.