Sentences with phrase «flouted with»

But real estate experts say it is often flouted with little to no consequences.

The disturbing footage, taken at local markets in Kohima and Dimapur, show that the laws are being blatantly flouted with dogs packed in sacks with just their heads poking out, their mouth either stitched closed or bound tight with rope to keep them quiet, which is done to illegally smuggle them into Nagaland from neighbouring states.

The Original Score race can be one of Oscar's most befuddling, most confounding, with its inexhaustible supply of rules and requirements, some followed to baffling tees and others flouted with brutal ease.

And as you say, it is flouted with conviction.

How is it that the anti-EU press, the Department of Health and Tesco seem to be aligned in a story attacking the formula marketing law as draconian, when this same law is routinely flouted with regard to instore promotion and advertising with no prosecutions being brought?

A state that's erroneously described as the only democracy in the Middle East treats international law and conventions with contempt, flouts them with increasing regularity and maintains a brutal military occupation [of Palestine] while the whole world looks on,» Mubarak wrote.

Not exact matches

«We will be investigating how the orders were flouted and who was responsible for the decision to go ahead with the firework display,» Chandy said.

But the lesson of the Nixon years is that Congress is the only institution with sufficient power and constitutional resources to stand up to a president who flouts the rule of law.

The office, the people said, initially planned to sue JPMorgan as soon as Tuesday over accusations that the bank flouted federal laws with its sale of subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.

In that case, led by the civil division of the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of California, prosecutors found that JPMorgan flouted federal laws with its sale of subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.

Consumers who use online payday lenders may be taken advantage of twice: first, by the lenders» triple - digit interest rates that flout state caps, then with fees tacked on by the borrowers» own banks.

Much to the delight of his supporters, he's spooked media and political elites all over the world with his anti-globalist pledges on trade and immigration and his calculated flouting of PC conventions.

Along with other Winter Olympians, Uhlaender has had to deal not only with suspense over whether a Sochi medal might come to her after all but also the possibility that Olympians who flouted the rules will be in PyeongChang.

Those who come to work hard and are eager to be part of the American mainstream should be welcomed; the best of intentions and behavior does not justify flouting the law; any self - respecting nation must be able to control its borders; an underclass of millions with no legal existence poses a serious security problem; the economy depends on those who do the work Americans will not do; and on and on.

He ate with publicans, sinners, and prostitutes, flouting Jewish food pieties.

But there are times when the stresses become abnormal, when the populace truly is at odds with each other, when people can not agree on the proper measures for coping with dangers and problems, when they blame those in authority and flout the establishment by unpatriotic acts.

We can not know with certainty on what basis the clearly non-Pauline legalistic Roman church of the late second and early third centuries flouted the second commandment and came to permit religious funerial art.

We quickly realized we were dealing here with a person who felt society's norms could be flouted at will.

Hence, when he chooses to establish a covenant with Israel he is not to be bargained with, but his sway and his will are to be gratefully accepted and flouted only at the people's peril.

Why should the company use the excuse that it disagrees with a law and therefore should be allowed to flout it?

His sermon was part of a national campaign by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal organization that has organized Pulpit Freedom Sunday since 2008, encouraging pastors to flout the Johnson Amendment with political endorsements from the pulpit.

As with all law, flouting it might appear to bring fuller justice more quickly, but usually backfires.

UK: Tesco denies breaking competition law Tesco, the UK supermarket giant, has denied an allegation that it deliberately flouted competition law with Christmas drinks offers.

Accusations levelled at Nestlé claim the Swiss corporate giants mislead consumers with nutritional claims about its infant formula products, flouting ethical marketing codes in the process.

Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, who is on the run from U.S. authorities for tax evasion and for flouting economic sanctions against Yugoslavia with his $ 5 million 1992 match against his old rival Boris Spassky in Belgrade, apparently hasn't reformed.

As a result, the game's unrestrained growth has burdened it with rules - flouting coaches and players who are transferring at will

UEFA will be the judge of whether City have flouted FFP, not Jose Mourinho (who the author of this article somewhat cringeworthingly sided with), not Arsenal, not Liverpool, and certainly not Tony Attwood or you or me.

We will raise Tesco's latest flouting of the law with the Department of Health.

«Let's not forget that the existing ban on such text and images on infant formula labels is routinely flouted by companies in many Member States, with images such as shields, polar bears and unauthorised health claims appearing.

Meanwhile baby food companies continue to flout all health advice — targeting parents with totally misleading TV adverts that suggest that unnecessary and unproven ingredients in follow - on formula will turn children into geniuses or ballerinas.

«Many of the drivers lack knowledge on the use of our roads», he said, and this makes them flout the speed limit on the roads with casual abandon.

The wishes of the voters are flouted when they elect Democrats to the state senate that caucus with and function as Republicans.

It is amazing that persons, who schemed to cause loss to the state, flout procurement laws with impunity, can then accuse another of acting illegally.

Sen. Peralta argued with a seller known for flouting the rules, Street Vendor Project officials said.

During the trial, he admitted to flouting his agreement with them, which resulted in his bail being revoked.

They include a pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election laws.

«Airbnb has flouted the laws that protect affordable housing for years, and now with new legislation to further crack down on the proliferation of illegal short - term rentals, I urge Governor Cuomo to send a strong message that New York prioritizes hard working New York families by signing this bill into law,» Van Bramer said.

As the Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party insisted on going ahead with its National Convention on Wednesday, a Abuja High Court on Tuesday said anybody who flouts order of the court would be made to face the music.

On Sunday, the Lib Dem delegates flouted party history and voted in favour of building more nuclear power stations — energy secretary Ed Davey having told them this is vital to fight climate change — and also voted to support fracking, albeit with an amendment to ensure pollution levels were closely monitored and those local to fracking sites were properly consulted.

Unfortunately, Cuomo is getting away with flouting the Finance Law because members of the state Legislature — the only people with legal standing to sue him — simply don't care enough to make an issue of it.

New measures included in the Immigration Bill currently progressing through Parliament will make it easier to prosecute employers using illegal labour, increasing the maximum prison sentence to five years and with powers to close down businesses which continue to flout the rules.

I made it abundantly clear with my leadership that I will have no fear or favour towards anybody flouting the rules of the party and who will bring the party into disrepute.

I didn't struggle to notice with deep regret and grave concern how a National Youth Organizer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and his supporters were blatantly flouting the ban on drumming and noise making to submit their nomination forms amid loud noise, pomp and pageantry at the Total filling station near Paloma hotel.

She said given the components that constitute Free SHS, she noticed that the program was going to be laden with a lot of procurement activities and in order not to flout the procurement regulations, her decision to pay a working visit on Monday to learn at first hand the kind of procurement methods being used and to advise accordingly.

«I want to inform all of them in the two communities that they should desist from any form of festival until this issue is resolved or else anybody who flouts this order will be held accountable and we will deal with him accordingly,» he added.

A Manhattan judge Tuesday issued a stunning rebuke to City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — finding that she flouted two laws and even the state constitution in a behind - the - scenes power struggle with a political foe.

But Mr. Boako in a rebuttal assured that government with the help of the Minerals Commission will not flout the rules as far as mining of Bauxite is concerned.

Several reports over the years emerged that assembly officials and some PWDs have been flouting the procedures with impunity and misappropriating the three per cent Common Fund.

Faced with flat rotation curves that seemed to flout Newton's laws, astronomers assumed the existence of a halo of dark matter around every spiral galaxy.

FED UP with people flouting Brazil's environmental laws, the government's green watchdog Ibama has begun a campaign to persuade people to take them seriously.