Sentence examples for contradictory roles from inspiring English sources

They grappled with its contradictory roles as instrument of social inequality and engine of economic empowerment, as enforcer of rigid gender norms and locus of sexual liberation.

Fong cuts between these contradictory roles so adroitly you can't tell, but somewhere in the process forges an almost tangible bond with her audience.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has found herself straddling the divide, caught between her contradictory roles as party leader during a heated regional election campaign and as the head of a delicate coalition government.

Each aspect had a big impact on the degree of warming predicted.The reason why clouds matter so much to the climate, and their role is so tricky to determine, is because they play two contradictory roles.

His seemingly contradictory roles — de facto chief of internal affairs officer and ascendant executive with Mr. Murdoch's ear — are raising questions about how robust and objective the internal inquiry can be.

More recently, there has been criticism of Mr. Klein's seemingly contradictory roles within News Corporation, both investigating wrongdoing inside the company and advising Mr. Murdoch on handling public relations and his appearances before the British Parliament.

"But he had a very contradictory role inside the party, because he kicked out a lot of his enemies".

To the Taliban, the UN appears to have a contradictory role, in applying sanctions while simultaneously delivering humanitarian assistance.

Isn't that kind of a setback for the women's movement?" Feminism and the contradictory role of the first lady have rarely meshed well.

It has the contradictory role of carrying out unpopular Security Council resolutions (sanctions, interventions) while simultaneously distributing developmental and humanitarian aid through its agencies.

Rather, it is a flat and ultimately sad book, written by a man who played an essential, if contradictory, role in the history of the last century.