The phrase "contradiction can be" is correct and usable in written English in many contexts.
For example, "The novel's plot featured a surprising twist, where contradiction can be found in the characters' motivations." In this sentence, the phrase "contradiction can be" is used to suggest that the motivations of certain characters in the novel are open to interpretation or may seem to contradict one another.
"Days of Glory" shows just how acute, and how intricate, this contradiction can be.
This apparent contradiction can be put down to disturbing regional disparities.
Contradiction can be a valuable part of architecture, but here it feels accidental.
If they slip into the relegation zone next week, it'll be fascinating to see if and how that inherent contradiction can be resolved.
The central contradiction can be summed up thus: Mr. Pitt is a superstar who also happens to be something of a wild card.
If some logical contradiction can be deduced from this supposition--any contradiction--then the hypothetical solution cannot exist, and Fermat's last theorem must be true.
A book that is dozens of different books, in different languages, written at different times for different audiences, is hard to take seriously as something in which no error and no contradiction can be found.
These contradictions can be discomfiting.
With enough Harmans and Wylys and Robertses, though, those contradictions can be papered over almost inconspicuously.
William Clark brought his slave with him on the journey west, while the group's fabled female guide, Sacagawea, had also been bought by her French fur-trader husband.Similar contradictions can be seen in the situation of the Cherokees two decades later.
That puts them in good company, however: the Bush administration has displayed the same painful gap between good strategy and flawed tactics.Historians are particularly adept at strategy, for they can draw their principles and lessons from hundreds of years of experience, great swathes of time during which awkward blips and contradictions can be conveniently overlooked.
