Sentence examples for contrary to good from inspiring English sources

This is contrary to good practice and good sense.

But deliberately deciding midway through the quarter to miss earnings was contrary to good management practices.

"It has not been undertaken capriciously or contrary to good thinking, but to change the stigma.

They stipulated that expressions "contrary to good morals" remained criminal, but gave books special treatment.

Clark has been cited for an act contrary to good sportsmanship in allegedly hyper-extending Hawkins's right arm.

In 2008 it offered a peek at its secret archive of erotic art known as L'Enfer, or hell, that it had deemed "contrary to good morals".

The meta-analysis revealed an important aspect of value of virtual goods: contrary to traditional goods, the reasons why people purchase virtual goods are tightly connected to the platform where they are sold in.

Non-marital sex violates the good of marriage by treating sexual capacities in a way contrary to that good.

It is a feature of our moral psychology, Rawls contends, that we normally come to form attachments to people and institutions that are concerned with our good; moreover we tend to resent those persons and institutions that act contrary to our good.

All in all, it was contrary to Chinese good taste to speak openly of the faults of one's government or of one's rulers.

It is also concerned that, contrary to accepted good practice, Mr Allen is running the company without a chief executive following the departure last year of Steve Morrison.