Sentence examples for contrary to a conventional from inspiring English sources

Rebecca Solnit has demonstrated that, contrary to a conventional myth, human society does not collapse into a Hobbesian state of nature in the event of disaster.

Contrary to a conventional PC, there are not multiple human users on a smart camera.

Therefore, the side-flow pump mainly produces fluid in downstroke, which is contrary to a conventional pump.

Contrary to a conventional lifebeat, in our architecture the lifebeat is not automatically sent by a camera but is periodically requested by the control station.

That is, the slope (i.e., the size-dependence of tropic level) was not time-invariant; it varied over the course of 40 years, contrary to a conventional view.

Nevertheless, contrary to a conventional wisdom, we demonstrated that, in our population, there were high-grade or suggested high-grade cytological abnormalities with clearly proven CIN2+ lesions for which the research of viral HR HPVs sequences with HCII methodology was negative.

Duhon said the two franchises offered similar deals and — contrary to all conventional wisdom — he chose the Knicks.

Contrary to the conventional process, a polymer-sealing ring was patterned before a housing cavity formation on a glass wafer.

Contrary to the conventional experience, a large grinding depth is beneficial for the surface quality and integrity in the dry grinding of fused silica due to the increased grinding temperature; however, the excessive grinding depth results in grinding wheel burn.

Contrary to the conventional wisdom, it was a plus, not a minus, when the Cheney announcement was knocked off the evening news lead by the Concorde crash and the collapse of the Mideast peace talks.

Contrary to the conventional wisdom that a narrowly divided Congress will end up doing little, some argue that because there is little downside to backing any individual tax cut, Congress could end up doing quite a lot on that front.