Sentence examples for contradict assertions from inspiring English sources

The results, reported in the Sept. 5 issue of Nature, contradict assertions by pro-hunting groups that fox numbers had soared during the hunting ban.

But the Australian authorities' confirmation appears to directly contradict assertions from Malaysian officials that no such route had been found on the captain's simulator.

If that is the case, it would contradict assertions at the time by the paper's parent company, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, that after the arrests The News of the World cracked down, putting a stop to phone hacking.

Clemens's denials directly contradict assertions by his former trainer Brian McNamee, who testified that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone on numerous occasions from 1998 to 2001.

The studies published by the Financial Stability Board and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, whose members include central bankers and regulators from the United States, Europe, China and most other major countries, contradict assertions by the banking industry that the new regulations could throttle growth.

These results are similar to outcomes of other phylogenetic studies (e.g. Jordan and Shennan 2009) and contradict assertions made elsewhere in anthropology and archaeology that cultural evolution is primarily reticulate in nature (Moore 1994; Sassaman 2011).

"This contradicts assertions that felony crime statistics declined as a result of downgrading to misdemeanors, which would have experienced corresponding increases".

The report contradicts assertions made on Thursday by Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, that the systems were on their way.

Along with Mr. Obama's order, on Monday the administration will release two government reports that mostly blame a dysfunctional marketplace for drug shortages, directly contradicting assertions by some commentators that government rules are to blame.

The opposition leader said the attempt to "micromanage" schools was an example of the government's "wrong priorities" – contradicting assertions by the environment minister, Greg Hunt, that the scheme had bipartisan support.

Some drug manufacturers, meanwhile, are saying they have no objection to letting employers see their contracts with the pharmacy benefit managers, contradicting assertions by those companies that it is the manufacturers who have insisted on secrecy.