Romanian citizens are reproaching you for nonobservance of the constitution, which you have sworn to observe. From Wordnik.com. [Making the History of 1989] Reference
The Charter 77 manifesto appeared in Western newspapers, exposing the nonobservance of human rights in Czechoslovakia. From Wordnik.com. [1973, June 20] Reference
The particular effect of this charm is to counteract the evil influences which might otherwise result to the child from the nonobservance of the various other taboos mentioned previously. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
One writer says: "The premature baldness and grayness of the Americans as a people is in great measure owing to the nonobservance of hygienic rules, and to excess of mental and physical labor in a climate foreign to the race.". From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
The legion of taboos, religious and magic, limits the Manóbo's actions, in no inconsiderable manner, within fixed and definite rules, the nonobservance of which would render him responsible for such evil consequences as might follow. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
The historians tell us with naive assurance that its causes were the wrongs inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the Continental System, the ambition of Napoleon, the firmness of Alexander, the mistakes of the diplomatists, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
The people of the west moved eastwards to slay their fellow men, and by the law of coincidence thousands of minute causes fitted in and co-ordinated to produce that movement and war: reproaches for the nonobservance of the Continental System, the Duke of. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Pamela must not expect that my imperfections will be a plea for her nonobservance of my lessons, as you call them; for, I doubt I shall never be half so perfect as you; and so I cannot permit you to recede in your goodness, though I may find myself unable to advance as I ought in my duty. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
Second, however, the chart hints at two periods when youthful disaffection accelerated—the 1960s (only the latter part of which is visible through this window) and the 1990s and early 2000s, separated by more than a quarter century of relatively little change between 1971 (13 percent nonobservance) and 1997 (15 percent nonobservance). From Wordnik.com. [American Grace] Reference
Nor will there ever be wanting to a prince legitimate reasons to excuse this nonobservance. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Indeed, that had been the very theory on which the nonobservance of Christmas had been based: the day was to be treated like any other day. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas A Story] Reference
The historians tell us with naive assurance that its causes were the wrongs inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the Continental. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Certain days of the week were designated as "wheatless" or "meatless" when voluntary demi-fasts were to be observed, the nonobservance of which spelled social ostracism. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times.] Reference
The stamp of publicity had of course been fully given by her confinement and departure, and the change itself was now ushered in by our nonobservance of the regular custom of the schoolroom. From Wordnik.com. [The Turn of the Screw] Reference
The people of the west moved eastwards to slay their fellow men, and by the law of coincidence thousands of minute causes fitted in and co-ordinated to produce that movement and war: reproaches for the nonobservance of the Continental System, the Duke of Oldenburg's wrongs, the movement of troops into Prussia -- undertaken (as it seemed to Napoleon) only for the purpose of securing an armed peace, the. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
1 The international community is reproaching you for nonobservance of the Helsinki final act, which you have signed yourself. From Wordnik.com. [Making the History of 1989] Reference
And just like the secular zionists predicted the haredim would disappear - and were proven wrong - secularism and nonobservance, not to speak of kefira and “leaving the derech” shouldn’t be mourned just yet. From Wordnik.com. [JPPPI Don’t Like Frum People | Jewschool] Reference
My dear, said he, these observations are very kind in you, and much to my advantage: But if I do not always (for I fear these were too much accidents) so well pursue the doctrines I lay down, my Pamela must not expect that my imperfections will be a plea for her nonobservance of my lessons, as you call them; for, I doubt I shall never be half so perfect as you; and so I cannot permit you to recede in your goodness, though I may find myself unable to advance as I ought in my duty. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded] Reference
The CRS Report states—and the Law Report agrees—that, “Following Zelaya’s removal …, the Congress then passed a decree that disapproved of Zelaya’s conduct for ‘repeated violations against the Constitution and laws of the Republic and nonobservance of the resolutions and rulings of the judicial organs,’ removed Zelaya from office, and named Roberto Micheletti—the Head of Congress and the next in line constitutionally—the president of Honduras for the remainder of Zelaya’s term…”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Honduran Political Crisis Over?] Reference
Either to assume (1) that the will of the people is always unconditionally transferred to the ruler or rulers they have chosen, and that therefore every emergence of a new power, every struggle against the power once appointed, should be absolutely regarded as an infringement of the real power; or (2) that the will of the people is transferred to the rulers conditionally, under definite and known conditions, and to show that all limitations, conflicts, and even destructions of power result from a nonobservance by the rulers of the conditions under which their power was entrusted to them; or (3) that the will of the people is delegated to the rulers conditionally, but that the conditions are unknown and indefinite, and that the appearance of several authorities, their struggles and their falls, result solely from the greater or lesser fulfillment by the rulers of these unknown conditions on which the will of the people is transferred from some people to others. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
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