contravene - use in sentences

Object

  • prohibition: The impugned provision does not therefore contravene the prohibition of discrimination.
  • byelaw: If before this happens he contravenes the byelaw, he commits an offense and can be punished.
  • regulation: The car park for 65 cars contravenes metropolitan open land regulations.
  • convention: The lawyers say the reversal of the burden of proof in the Bill onto the individual, contravenes the European convention on human rights.
  • provision: Such a Scheme would likely contravene the provisions of the Homelessness Act 2002 in relation to allocations.
  • law: Illegal content is whatever contravenes the laws of the country in which the material is created or downloaded.

Modifying Another Word

  • knowingly: A person who knowingly contravenes this is liable to a fine of up to £ 2500 or up to 3 months in custody.
  • directly: No help, support, or patronage will be given to those groups which directly contravene this equal opportunities policy.
  • clearly: Furthermore, the incarceration of children in these circumstances clearly contravenes the European Convention of the Rights of Children.
  • therefore: The impugned provision does not therefore contravene the prohibition of discrimination.
  • thereby: Increasing patient choice would also reduce equity of treatment, thereby contravening one of the founding principles of the NHS ( 6 ).
  • thus: Too much of the day gets bogged down in lowland European forests ( thus contravening EU subsidy rules on avoiding concentrated trampling impacts.

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