Sentence examples for contrary to a common assertion from inspiring English sources

Contrary to a common assertion, patents issued to small patentees are much less valuable than those issued to large corporations.

But not exclusively, contrary to a common assumption.

Contrary to a common belief, labyrinths are not mazes.

Contrary to a common belief, cookies do not contain software programs, so cannot install anything on a computer.

Contrary to a common myth, targeting Hitler using quips and jokes didn't undermine the regime.

But the drugs are not legal, contrary to an assertion made in the column.

It turns out that contrary to a non-clustering approach of placing assertion-checkers into a design the clustering algorithm along with the proposed method for incorporating assertion-checker clusters into a debug infrastructure lead to the better results in terms of the energy consumption and design coverage.

Contrary to John Tierney's assertion in "A New Frontier for Title IX: Science" (Findings, July 15), applying Title IX to science is not new.

This runs contrary to both common sense and a good deal of research across disciplines….

My name is not Dave, and nor am I – contrary to her assertion – a hitman.

In fact, Obama did not need an Indonesian passport to visit Pakistan 1981 and, contrary to Porter's assertion, could have easily done so on a U.S. passport.