Sentence examples for contrary to conventional expectation from inspiring English sources
After digitizing and comparing the maps, Dr. Channell said, they found geographic patterns of species survival "completely contrary" to conventional expectation.
Contrary to conventional expectation, the preferred nucleation sites are not always associated with pre-existing misfit dislocations, and the preferred slip systems are not determined solely by the Schmid factor.
The reduction of dichromate, or Cr VI), species in acid solution at noble metal electrodes is an intriguing example of electrocatalytic behaviour as, contrary to conventional expectation in this area, reaction occurs rapidly at a much lower overpotential on gold as compared with platinum.
This observation is contrary to conventional expectation that tumors enriched for stem cell properties would be biologically more aggressive.
First, through the experimental and computational analysis of TGF-β concentration distributions, we demonstrate that, contrary to conventional expectations, media-supplemented exogenous active TGF-β exhibits a pronounced concentration gradient in tissue constructs, resulting from a combination of high-affinity binding interactions and a high cellular internalization rate.
This departs from classical models of natural dispersal where genetic bottlenecks arise because of founder events during the colonization process (Born et al. 2008), and supports the fact that, contrary to conventional expectations, significantly reduced genetic diversity is relatively unusual in plant invasions (reviewed in Dlugosch and Parker 2008; Wilson et al. 2009).
These findings run contrary to conventional wisdom and to our own expectations.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, however, awards shows are not dying.
