Sentence examples for would flout it from inspiring English sources

When a ban on smoking in city parks took effect one year ago, some tobacco partisans vowed it would not stick, that it was unenforceable, that they would flout it to their dying breaths.

"This only benefits the incumbent politicians who passed this rule and those who would flout it, not the system and certainly not the public".

I gather that according to US law, it was illegal to export Haystack to Iran, simply because it would flout Iranian laws – but it did virally make its way onto Iranian computers… I'll never forget the first person who got a copy of Haystack and sent me a screenshot of Twitter.

The presiding officer could simply ignore the parliamentarian's guidance ― a move that conservatives like Cruz have suggested Republicans consider, even though it would flout Senate traditions and other Republicans have hinted they would not support it.

That would also be cheaper but it would flout the national interest.

Still, the proposal was widely criticized, with politicians here saying that it would flout international law and alter NATO's mission in Afghanistan.

In a 47-page decision, the three-member panel of administrative judges said the Energy Department lacked the authority to drop the petition because it would flout a law passed by Congress.

Detaining or deporting the caravan's members would certainly please Trump, but it would flout Mexican immigration laws and further the impression that the government is taking orders from a hostile White House.

Michael Wines (NYT) RUSSIA: FLIGHTS TO IRAQ PROPOSED -- Aeroflot and Vnukovo airlines repeated their intent to seek Russian approval to open commercial air service to Baghdad despite complaints by the United States and other Western nations that it would flout the United Nations' economic sanctions against Iraq.

The French Rugby Federation has been obstructive towards the new tournament, saying among other things that it would flout French law, and the RaboDirect unions have been waiting to see whether the Top 14 clubs will be persuaded to commit to ERC.

In such a case, S is enabled to fulfill a conversational maxim (by meaning something other than what she actually expresses) precisely by speaking in such a way that she would flout the maxim, blatantly violate it, if she were to mean what she says.