1 The sailing boat fell foul of a motor speedboat in mid - river.

2 Manufacturers may fall foul of the new government guidelines.

3 He had fallen foul of the FBI.

4 I don't want to fall foul of the police.

5 He is worried that his teenage kids will fall foul of the law .

6 Things were going well for her till she fell foul of the director.

7 The police never caught him in any criminal activity but he eventually fell foul of the tax authorities.

8 By parking your car here, you could fall foul of the law.

9 The chain has fallen foul of some plants in the water.

10 Edwards fell foul of the authorities and was ordered to leave the country.

11 He fall foul of his boss and lose his job.

12 If you give false evidence in court, you fall foul of the law.

13 He added that younger people can also fall foul of memory lapses caused by a failure to suppress extraneous information, with sleepless nights making it harder for the brain to function properly.

14 This new clerk will soon fall foul of the manager.

15 Most organisations will conduct themselves honestly and will rarely fall foul of the law.

16 That check seems neat but sound business practices may still fall foul of it.

17 Those displays could be linked and reprogrammed electronically, but that might fall foul of broadcast regulations.

18 Any attempt to inflict punitive measure on the iron ore miners would likely damage its steelmills, fall foul of international trade regulations or destroy any last vestige of hope for an annual deal.

19 A 31-year-old British woman has appeared in court accused of putting the wrong sort of rubbish into her recycling bin, the first person to fall foul of new environmental legislation passed in 2005.

1 By parking your car here, you could fall foul of the law.