Sentence examples for contradictory declarations from inspiring English sources

But the judge rejected the tribunal's finding that a series of contradictory declarations made to Metalclad by federal, state and local governments in Mexico violated Nafta's guarantee of clear and transparent rules to protect investors' rights.

Pale and spare, it looks more like a political manifesto than a theatrical programme (in the late 50s, the Theatre Royal, home of Joan Littlewood's radical Theatre Workshop, was at the cutting edge of contemporary graphic design) – and sure enough, inside are two rather extraordinary, not to say contradictory, declarations.

Legal experts, however, said Sanogo's declaration was contradictory.

Meanwhile, the Sykes-Picot Agreement is often criticized together with the Ḥusayn-McMahon Correspondence and the Balfour Declaration as contradictory promises made by Britain to France, the Arabs, and the Zionist movement.

In the words of former UK foreign secretary Jack Straw, "The Balfour declaration and the contradictory assurances which were being given to Palestinians in private at the same time as they were being given to the Israelis -- again, an interesting history for us, but not an honourable one".

Such a development seems contradictory to the intentions of both the Paris Declaration and the Government of Zambia.

State parties to human rights conventions and declarations are often faced with the seemingly contradictory problem of having an obligation to protect people from harmful practices while also having an obligation to enable access to culturally appropriate effective healing.

If his symphonies can seem to be ambiguous public declarations that toe the Soviet line, sometimes with hidden, contradictory subtexts, his quartets are a more intimate diary of the soul.

He said Iraq had provided contradictory information about its VX stocks in a 12,000-page declaration of its arms programs that Baghdad presented on Dec. 7.

The government's advertorial this weekend highlighted the judge's declaration that Nisman's case was incoherent and contradictory in his findings.

Ms. Cohn would later write one of the most emphatic declarations of the play's importance: "After 'Godot,' plots could be minimal; exposition, expendable; characters, contradictory; settings, unlocalized, and dialogue, unpredictable.