Sentence examples of "à l'encontre de" in French with translation "against"

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Cela va à l'encontre de mes principes. That runs against my principles.
Mon idée allait à l'encontre de la sienne. My idea went against his.
Il ne peut pas avoir agi à l'encontre de ses parents. He cannot have gone against his parents.
Les États-Unis d'Amérique ont officiellement mis un terme aux sanctions économiques à l'encontre de la Birmanie. The United States has officially ended economic sanctions against Burma.
Le jugement alla à l'encontre du gouvernement. The judgement went against the government.
Certains médecins sont en faveur de l'euthanasie tandis que d'autres croient que cela va à l'encontre du serment d'Hippocrate. Some doctors are in favor of euthanasia while others believe it goes against the Hippocratic oath.
En signant le traité de Tripoli en 1796, notre second Président John Adams écrivit : "Les États-Unis n'ont en eux-mêmes aucun caractère d'inimitié à l'encontre des lois, de la religion ou de la tranquillité des Musulmans. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, "The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims."
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