Sentence examples for contrary to the practices from inspiring English sources

An important weakness of the Securities and Exchange Commission has been its over-reliance on inexperienced lawyers, often straight out of school, to conduct investigations and other core tasks — a notion contrary to the practices of more highly regarded investigative agencies like the F.B.I., which draws on a range of professions and experience levels to fill its ranks of special agents.

Juan E. Mendez, special rapporteur on torture for the U.N., concluded that treatment of prisoners in solitary at Pelican Bay amounted "to torture or cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment" and was "contrary to the practices of civilized nations".

This is contrary to the practices in many other countries, where ethical evaluation is required also for register-based research, to consider the need for informed consent, ensure adequate data safety and weigh the potential risks for the subjects against the benefits.

Contrary to the practice of broken windows, Maple argued that rules have to be designed to catch the "sharks" not the "dolphins," pointing out how costly and inefficient it is to simply arrest all minor violations.

This view -- articulated in the midst of litigation, in the heat of a political controversy, and contrary to the practice in this state for more than 150 years -- is not entitled to any deference.

The companies use video links to screen patients at central locations where (contrary to the practice at centers where trials are run) reviewers have no incentives for enrolling subjects.

Contrary to the practice in much of Europe, where subsidies are used as a lure for renewables projects, developing countries like Brazil often award contracts to build new power capacity through competitions that sometimes pit clean energy against fossil fuels like natural gas and diesel.

If acquitted, they would not receive a refund, contrary to the practice in England where the Legal Aid Board also collects all contributions.

For example, when p > 2, the solution of the equation may possess the property of propagation of finite speed, while u t = Δ u always has the property of propagation of infinite speed which seems clearly contrary to the practice.

Contemporaries are not named (contrary to the practice of Wodeham or Holcot a few years later), and their contributions have to be identified (as does indeed FitzRalph's own positions) in the course of his presentation of each topic in the text which usually involves an examination of the answers given by Aquinas, Henry of Ghent and Duns Scotus.

Contrary to the practice in Massachusetts, Connecticut's Saturday appointments are only for the public, although a separately run program during regular hours caters to driving school applicants.   .