| Police have vowed to get tough to stop louts flouting a street-drinking ban. |
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| He was jailed three times for repeatedly flouting a court order banning him from the estate. |
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| Similarly punitive measures like charging fines from the public for flouting rules can be introduced. |
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| One example would be his last testament in court, in which he repeatedly accuses Gandhi of flouting the canons of secular statecraft. |
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| He hypocritically demands his colleagues maintain journalistic standards while flouting them himself. |
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| According to a new biography, he narrowly escaped being expelled and, at 17, was beaten by his housemaster for flouting the rules. |
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| We are flouting this law of basic economics, waving our 620 billion dollars of foreign debt like so much dirty laundry. |
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| If people know of businesses which are flouting the law for profit, they should alert the authorities. |
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| She could not confirm whether cameras were snaring drivers flouting the law in the absence of the bollard. |
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| Documents seen by the Yorkshire Post also revealed the company was flouting copyright laws and using unlicensed software on office computers. |
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| Following the Stamp Act upheavals, he tried to keep smugglers and other scofflaws from flouting Parliament's authority. |
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| Of course, flouting conventional morality was not allowed in the late 19th century. |
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| This followed complaints that drivers were flouting the one-way system because they could not see the sign until it was too late. |
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| I'm sure she's flouting loads of official and unofficial tube etiquette in one fell swoop here. |
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| In continuing to build its separation wall, it was flouting the decisions of the International Court of Justice and the General Assembly. |
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| Indeed gothic novels, while depicting evil aristocrats flouting law and convention, also betrayed a nostalgia for the feudal order and aristocratic values. |
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| Incensed by the government's flouting of basic legal principles, the parlement of Paris, seconded by the provincial courts, condemned royal policy in a flood of remonstrances. |
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| Insofar as today's shortage is the result of mankind's flouting of nature's laws, nature has the whip hand. |
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| One cannot help but admire these women in their courage to be gender rebels, ostentatiously flouting centuries of repressive, patriarchal social conditioning. |
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| But the number of prosecutions of charities, or third-party agencies, for flouting rules on solicitation from donors? |
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| The US would be outraged at the bypassing of bilateral agreements and flouting of its citizen's rights. |
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| The way Saddam Hussein is flouting international law is quite unacceptable. |
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| Morality no less than practical reason demands it since a common future cannot be built on the flouting of memory. |
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| However cabinet ministers found flouting the federal code of ethics are defended and even applauded for their actions. |
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| Sometimes it is national authorities who are actually flouting the law and behaving in an utterly negligent way. |
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| The New Democrats are peddling paradise while they are flouting the open and transparent budgetary processes of the House. |
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| These do not come as a surprise from a regime founded on occupation and with a track record of flouting numerous Security Council resolutions. |
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| We must always pay attention to those who are younger than ourselves and protect them instead of flouting their rights to be respected. |
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| And some critics will then take us to task for flouting ordinary usage. |
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| Because of her delight in flouting traditional or fashionable bottoms and tops, Morrison has been taken to task by feminist critics for not supporting the party line. |
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| Scarborough Council recently appointed its own team of bailiffs to chase non-payers amid growing concern about a hard core of residents who are flouting the law. |
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| Despite police monitoring the number of overweight lorries using the B3080 when the restriction was introduced, some have not stopped flouting the rules. |
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| By Ramesh Mathew Staff Reporter Some eateries in the city have been accused of overcharging customers and flouting municipal guidelines. |
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| In addition to potentially flouting the original agreement, it remains unclear whether the fuel-cell fiasco will undermine the tower's LEED certification. |
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| Scholars suspect, but have no way to prove, that the lack of such records indicates official connivance in flouting of the prohibition. |
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| In this scene, Nevo reads Romeo as being aware of the dangers of flouting social norms, identity, and commitments. |
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| She was trying to prove they were flouting the ban on foxhunting when she clashed with Marles, who was the hunt's whipper-in. |
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| I would also ask the chief constable, in light of this attack, to revise his position in respect of loyalist paramilitaries who are clearly flouting the terms of their ceasefire. |
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| The European Union is willing to inject new life into the Barcelona Process, but this can only be done if our partners stop flouting the principles. |
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| Most flare-ups on streets and highways involve people wanting to move faster than the general run of traffic, and breaking the rules or flouting common courtesy to gain way. |
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| Certainly flouting coat hangers has nothing to do with a sober analysis of the truth of abortion history. |
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| Many hire trusted kith or kin rather than a better-qualified stranger, to limit the risk of being robbed or sued by employees for flouting notoriously worker-friendly labour laws. |
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| So incensed is Elaine by this flouting of convention that she buys her a bra for her birthday, only to find that, to her utter infuriation, Sue Ellen is wearing it with a blazer and nothing else. |
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| Most of those nations have arsenals that could be exported to other countries, and they must ensure that weapons do not go to groups abusing human rights or individuals flouting international law. |
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| Without condoning the organised hunts that are flouting the ban – and they undoubtedly exist – the league is arguably giving a misleading impression of where the real problem lies. |
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| However, the continued flouting of the maxims is an advantage to Grices theory as the implicatures come out conspicuously. |
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| Commentariat in general and some media persons in particular have been flouting the provisions of the Constitution with impunity. |
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| Recently, a jaywalker was caught near Al Hail by the police and made to walk on the pedestrian bridge several times as punishment for flouting the rules. |
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| Flouting of convention can provoke conflict which is just as sharp as that caused by non-observance of laws. |
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