Sentence examples for counter to one from inspiring English sources

Private debt collectors also run directly counter to one of the reforms Congress approved after the Senate Finance Committee hearings on the I.R.S. in 1997 and 1998.

There are a lot of complexities and there are a lot of things that seem to be counter to one another.

The laudable aim of reducing paperwork and printing costs suddenly ran counter to one of the Administration's other favorite goals - free competition.

This runs counter to one of the most fundamental premises in the psychology, management, and economics fields: people are more likely to do things for which they get recognized and rewarded.

The stubborn fact is that death-penalty abolitionism runs counter to one of humanity's oldest and most persistent moral intuitions: that there should be condign retribution for the most monstrous transgressions.

By day, the shop operates like a cafe, but at 5 p.m., the staff changes uniforms and slides the wall behind the counter to one side to reveal racks of liquor and wine.

The modding community is responsible for a substantial supply of mods from ones that enhance gameplay, such as minimaps, waypoints, and durability counters, to ones that add to the game elements from Pokémon, Portal, and The Hunger Games.

That economic worldview runs counter to the one Mr. Sanders has traded on so successfully this primary season, the one so many young people seem to believe.

It moves counter to what one might expect, flowing upwards on the map.

The Republican staff director of the Senate panel overseeing the Forest Service said today that hearings would be held on the new policy, which seems to run counter to the one signaled by President-elect George W. Bush.

Counter to what one may expect of a dealer, Mr. Mnuchin said, he does not emphasize the sale.