Sentence examples for but not contrary from inspiring English sources

Revelation is above reason but not contrary to it.

Locke also holds the view that there is revelation that tells us about things above reason but not contrary to it.

But they are not, contrary to first impressions, a straightforward result of the current economic and financial crisis.

Israel must understand that Turkey's regional role, position and strategic objectives are changing but these changes are not contrary to the bilateral strategic relations between the two countries.

Percy Fawcett's experiences in the Amazon were said to have partly inspired Arthur Conan Doyle's book The Lost World, but Fawcett's disappearance did not, contrary to a suggestion in the original article - he vanished after the book was published.

The earlier statue is the same lump of clay as the clay lump, and the earlier statue is the same statue is the same statue as the earlier statue, but the earlier statue is not, contrary to LLR, the same statue as the later clay lump.

Saint Augustine wrote: "Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature".

If that was the case, then the appeal court's decision was not contrary to the law — but a decision upholding the acquittal would not have been contrary to the law, either.

Indomethacin is largely considered to be ineffective in patients with CH, but a response to this drug is not contrary to the diagnostic criteria for CH[1].

But not exclusively, contrary to a common assumption.

Last but not least, contrary to most studies where persons perform without a belt, in two studies, persons were provided with a lap belt [35,36].