Their scheme to cheat on their exam would jeopardize their enrollment as it contravenes the academy's policy. From LearnThat.org.
And for us to contravene that would be inappropriate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2002] Reference
China denies that its actions contravene the arms embargo. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Messinger: A Farewell to Arms in Darfur] Reference
Snoblowr: and yet doesn't contravene the Geneva Conventions. From Wordnik.com. [Danielle Crittenden: The President's Secret IMs: Waterboarding With Tony] Reference
Here Licences were sold to private Smugglers to contravene the. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778] Reference
All who contravene these orders will be tried by court-martial. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
An obligatory tithe for the poor would contravene that training. From Wordnik.com. [Buddhist-Muslim Doctrinal Relations: Past, Present, and Future] Reference
Also, does it contravene the European Convention on Human Rights. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2006] Reference
The superdelegates are not going to contravene the will of the people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2008] Reference
That would contravene Article 7 of the new constitution of Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
DOBBS: Would you like to contravene with my estimate with your certain knowledge?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2004] Reference
Philips's transfer of the shares to its pension fund doesn't contravene that lock up. From Wordnik.com. [Philips Gives Pension Plan a Stake in Former Subsidiary] Reference
I think I have confined myself to inferences that no man can successfully contravene. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
Improper segregation and arbitrary detention would also likely contravene the convention. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2007] Reference
The language and symbols used during these events should not contravene the Peace Accord. From Wordnik.com. [CODE OF CONDUCT - CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY] Reference
International Law, may at any rate be said to contravene the etiquette of civilised warfare. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914] Reference
But that would contravene the principle of equivalence, one of the central tenets of physics. From Wordnik.com. [A Space Mystery] Reference
Their Rabbinical patrons have told them that Israel's man - made laws contravene the divine law. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2005] Reference
“When one makes the laws, Mater, it isn't at all difficult to contravene them,” said Caesar. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Restricting his right to do so would contravene both his and his congregants 'religious freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Asma Uddin: Even Controversial Views Should Be Protected by Freedom of Speech] Reference
Neither we nor they will put anything into this agreement that would contravene those principles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2008] Reference
Though they will freely risk their lives to steal, they will not contravene the wild rule of the desert. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Enterprise and Adventure Being an Excitement to Reading. for Young People. a New and Condensed Edition.] Reference
They could not in their hearts endorse the brother's argument; and it would be unorthodox to contravene it. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Nor does it contravene the general assertion here made, that we act by opposing one natural force to another. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
We are opposed to the illegal Israeli occupation and the acts of their armed forces which contravene international law. From Wordnik.com. [ANC-WC STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE] Reference
If workers by striking contravene the terms of labour legislation they lay themselves open to prosecution under the Internal. From Wordnik.com. [Black trade union development in South Africa throughout the 1970s] Reference
The government of the Philippines says it will not pay a ransom to free the hostages since that would contravene state policy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2008] Reference
The report lists some instances of uses made of weapons in the recent military action in Gaza that contravene international law. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
We were confident that our quest for cheaper medicines did not contravene international agreements on the rights of patent holders. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
In the view of the Special Committee, such measures contravene international standards of behaviour and the Universal Declaration of. From Wordnik.com. [SELECTED STATEMENTS AND OTHER PRESS RELEASES, 1963-1983] Reference
I want to suppress my sense of horror for the moment to ask how the UCU can discuss measures that contravene British and European laws. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
When orders do come from Baghdad, they often come with little warning and sometimes contravene efforts put in place by local commanders. From Wordnik.com. [How Not To Build A Nation] Reference
The imposition of it, however, would obviously contravene our treaty with New Granada and infringe the contract of that Republic with the. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
She was banned under Terrorism Act after the 1956 Treason Trial for several years of which she did contravene and got arrested continuously. From Wordnik.com. [ORGANISATIONAL REPORT TO THE ANC WOMEN’S LEAGUE NATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL] Reference
On the other hand, if they contravene the unamendable Article 2, as the Court's 1989 logic says they must, then maybe they can be struck down. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting the Veil] Reference
First, we're not here to, in any way, contravene the constitutional authorities of the president of the United States, by way of our resolution. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2007] Reference
There are also other necessary consequences of industrialized agriculture which contravene past policy and make old institutions less efficient. From Wordnik.com. [Energy and Society~ Chapter 8~ Changing Claims on the Distribution of Energy Surpluses] Reference
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