Sentence examples for appear to be contrary from inspiring English sources

Exclusion of nonresidents or charging them far higher fees for parking would appear to be contrary to the court settlement.

But such an outcome would not only fly in the face of Iraq's entire history since being created out of a British mandate at the end of the First World War, but would appear to be contrary to much of what we've seen in the aftermath of other recent U.S. interventions, including most recently in Afghanistan.

Although the results obtained, especially with respect to the lack of change in the protesomal activity during ageing of Podospora, appear to be contrary to the ones reported for mammalian systems and for Drosophila, it does not decrease the significance of this study which once again underlies the fact that age-related changes can be both universal (public) or specific (private).

(It appeared to be contrary to at least two Egyptian laws and legal precedent).

He appears to be, contrary to the allegations, a very gentle soul".

"Professor Galloway himself has been denied the right to speak publicly … The University's willingness to allow the suspicions it has created to continue to circulate is surprising and appears to be contrary to the principles of fairness and justice that should guide any distinguished academic institution," the letter reads.

And that's what gave BioShock its headache: its makers knew that the shooting came first for a lot of its players, so however much that violence appeared to be contrary to the themes at work, narratively of self-determinism, destiny, and overarching notions of Objectivism it was necessary.

In a screening context, encountering balanced information rather than persuasion appears to be contrary to people's expectations, but women appreciated the opportunity to become better informed.

As such, previous attempts at expanding the New Mexico chiropractic scope of practice to beyond a limited number of medications [ 36, 54], appears to be contrary to the general attitude of many others in the profession.

Knoppers et al. [ 11] previously commented that returning individual results appears to be contrary to the fundamental purpose of research, but noted that if this was to occur, it should be addressed in consent documentation prior to participation.

This appears to be contrary to the emerging database on perchlorate content of foods, which shows that perchlorate is common in the diet [ El Aribi et al. 2006; U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDAA) 2004].