Sentence examples for contrary to the myth from inspiring English sources

Contrary to the myth, Cuba now has some shanty towns.

"Contrary to the myth, the Silicon Valley isn't full of individualistic free-market capitalists.

But contrary to the myth, not every book publicized by Ms. Winfrey becomes a best seller.

"Contrary to the myth that participants are somehow lower end, they're increasingly reflective of the demographics of the country".

Contrary to the myth, Temple was not all washed up at 12, and made a fairly easy transition on screen from cute child to pretty teenager.

"Contrary to the myth, I went through South Carolina and never said a bad word about Senator Obama – not one," Mr. Clinton said.

But, contrary to the myths, the damage was not done in the final sprint to the polling booths.

This left me perplexed because I had expended many pages establishing that, contrary to the myths, Eva and Juan Perón hadn't been the recipients of Nazi gold.

It should be noted that, contrary to the myths maintained by many European historians, it was the Ottomans who fought to keep the old Middle Eastern trade route open; the route was closed only when the Cape route was taken over from the Portuguese by the much more powerful fleets of the English and Dutch.

Contrary to the myths spread by environmentalists and parts of the media, the oil man contends, injecting – at high pressure – a mixture of water, sand and chemicals deep into the earth to release gas reserves is not in itself bad for the environment.

This necessarily starts with admitting, contrary to the myths in Ms. Nowak's statement, that Hartwick is not a "diverse and supportive campus climate".