Sentence examples for contrary to past practice from inspiring English sources

Saudi officials, contrary to past practice, refrained in December from commenting on unconfirmed news reports that quoted Saudi oil minister Ali Bin Ibrahim al-Naimi as saying the kingdom would be willing to sell oil to Israel.

As the column noted, the drop in unemployment to 4percentt has not caused much inflationary pressure -- contrary to past experience.

In counterfactual reasoning, comprehenders make inferences regarding events that are contrary to past events.

Contrary to past studies, we do not find that vascular stiffness was significantly associated with LVMI [ 12].

Meanwhile, despite the recent evidence to the contrary, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told The Wall Street Journal last week that he did not think the financial system was reverting to past practice, adding, "and we won't let that happen".

Clearly, the answer is not to revert to past practices.

This is contrary to good practice and good sense.

So Kent transfers them temporarily to other areas, contrary to best practice and statutory guidance.

Contrary to normal practice, I was at home all last week while my wife was off doing science.

"Regrettably, and contrary to best practice, the panel for the generic non-executive roles was all male," the commissioner noted.

This suggests that, contrary to current practice, CIL should not be treated as one undifferentiated phenomenon.