Sentence examples for they contravened from inspiring English sources

Henry was justified in saying that these rights had been exercised by Henry I, but Thomas also was justified in maintaining that they contravened church law.

Kenny Gluck, its director of operations, said he did not know whether the leaflets technically breached international law but said they contravened the spirit of the law.

In 2015, Vladimir Putin passed a new law stating that Russia would ignore rulings from Strasbourg if they contravened the country's constitution.

Facebook said the ads had been placed from outside Syria and had been taken down, as they contravened the company's advertising policy.

Films were exhibited in private clubs in Saudi Arabia until all public screenings were banned in the early 1980s on the ground that they contravened Islamic law.

But the FIA said they contravened rules outlawing moveable aerodynamic devices.

Yet these choices are far from carefully considered — and, surprisingly often, they contravene reason.

While environmentalists and vegetarians welcome them, others argue they contravene the culinary tradition of the region.

But Huawei and Grindr's denials are not believable: They contravene how China actually works.

The European Commission's president, José Manuel Barroso, has even hinted that they contravene EU law.

Mr. Madison, in the Virginia Convention, said that, if a treaty does not supersede existing state laws as far as they contravene its operation, the treaty would be ineffective.