Example sentences of "and contrary [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grounds of appeal were , inter alia , that the judgment was perverse and contrary to law and the rules of natural justice . |
| 2 | In Mr Cherry 's case Mr Lawson submitted that the decision to postpone service of a specific regulation 7 notice was mistaken and contrary to Home Office guidance , particularly when a criminal offence was involved . |
| 3 | The French Agriculture Minister , Henri Nallet , said that the ban , which his United Kingdom counterpart John Gummer described as " unwarranted , unjustified and contrary to EC law " , would be lifted as soon as he had satisfactory guarantees that BSE ( not hitherto officially confirmed in French cattle ) posed no threat to human health . |
| 4 | Yet despite the handicap ensuing from the mutation , and contrary to observations in human pathology , the strain appears to be unaffected . |
| 5 | To do so would be a breach of their fiduciary relationship with the other partners , and contrary to s. 30 of the Partnership Act 1890 . |
| 6 | Now it is for us to determine whether a corporation can bring such an action , and I must say that , to my mind , to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle . |
| 7 | The court held that the council could not maintain the action : ‘ to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 806 , per Day J. There were two grounds of decision in effect , first , that a corporation might sue for a libel affecting property but not for one affecting personal reputation and , secondly , that the charge was one of bribery and corruption of which ( see the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case , 4 H. & N. 87 ) ‘ a corporation can not possibly be guilty : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 807 . |
| 8 | And contrary to Adorno — the more apparently homogeneous the product , the more important and potentially productive the role of reception , and of the mediations interposed between the two ( DJs , peer-group opinion , subcultural appropriation , use-situation , and so on ) . |
| 9 | If Roman Catholics believe that abortion is always wrong and contrary to God 's law , there is no compromise they can be offered , or which they can accept , which will satisfy their principles . |