Sentences with phrase «openly flouted»

This year filmmakers like Alice Lowe have openly flouted the notion that female characters should be likeable.
However, Steve has openly flouted this tradition.
NYC's most notorious landlord openly flouted rent regulation laws, according to a new lawsuit that makes an urgent plea for a state regulator to protect tenants.
That we can «allow» these barbarians to openly flout the rules of civilised behaviour I find disturbing.
Against that background, it would be highly problematic for the police and crown to openly flout the clear intent of Parliament.
The City had previously adopted a non-enforcement approach to «compassion clubs,» but with the rapid proliferation of dispensaries beginning in 2013, the VPD and the City had discussions about using the city's bylaws, complemented by police enforcement where appropriate, to address this growing number of dispensary operators openly flouting the law.
Having identified a trade worth almost $ 600mln, enforcement is now investigating transactions that openly flout fresh anti-anonymous trading laws, which went into effect Tuesday, Jan. 30.

Not exact matches

The Animal Welfare Act is openly being flouted on a massive scale and the authorities are unwilling or unable to do anything about it.
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