Sentence examples for the contravening from inspiring English sources

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the contravening

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To act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.

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The post, published last Wednesday, ended: "There could yet be double digit SNP MPs folks!" Lothian and Borders police said: "Lothian and Borders police can confirm they have received a complaint regarding the Contravening of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

Roberts asserted that the song's dynamic was a quirky exception to the contravening nature of Born This Way.

Kalākaua was concerned that this would lead to annexation by the U.S. and to the contravening of the traditions of the Hawaiian people, who believed that the land ('Āina) was fertile, sacred, and not for sale to anyone.

The Drosophila work also identified CBP as a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) with the contravening effect.

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The Supreme Court had ruled that the commissions contravened the Geneva Convention, meaning they had to be modified in 2006, before the political appointments that Davis identifies were made.

The ruling "contravenes the considered judgment of Congress that the president should have the unreviewable authority to suspend the admission of any class of aliens," the brief argues.

Still, the appointment contravenes the traditional practice in which the pope selects bishops.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said in a statement that the episode "contravenes the precepts of Judaism and the values of our people and our state".

But the FIA has told both teams it believes the designs contravene the rules governing bodywork in that area.

The IEC has requested a legal opinion on whether the campaign contravenes the Electoral Act.

So worried was the BBC about contravening the rules that even Thought for the Day was blocked.

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