Sentence examples for that contravenes from inspiring English sources
Mr. Kerry spoke of the "moral obligation" to end a practice that contravenes our "human dignity".
This is a common tribal custom, but one that contravenes Islamic law.
Is "system malfunction" a justifiable defence for a robotic fighter plane that contravenes the Geneva Convention and mistakenly fires on innocent civilians?
Officials in Brussels have strongly condemned the Lisbon government for a protectionist move that contravenes the principle of the free movement of capital within the European Union.
"GMA and Piveteau were therefore signatories to two mandates of two different clubs for the same transfer, and that contravenes [regulations]," said the court verdict.
The rightwing senator François Grosdidier has warned: "When you force a child to eat a dish that contravenes their religious or cultural beliefs, the child doesn't eat it.
On this basis, we see some major powers assert themselves in ways that contravene international law.
It can and will, however, send back to Parliament laws that contravene the European Convention on Human Rights, incorporated into British law in 1998.
It argued that the total value of the transactions that contravened US regulations was just $14m, rather than the $250bn alleged by the DFS.
And who doesn't want to feel rich?" Thomas set about creating a casino that contravened all the rules of casino design.
The general said he had not lobbied in a way that contravened rules and would regard any such claim as "seriously defamatory".
