Sentence examples for flat contradiction from inspiring English sources

The rival formulations turn up one after another, in sub-clauses that offer everything from subtle qualification to flat contradiction.

It was a flat contradiction of her testimony at the trial, but Mr. Grisorio had never brought it up.

"We have a flat contradiction of James Murdoch's evidence by two very senior executives in the company.

Flat contradiction between the witness' testimony and the version of the events given in his reports is not the only test of inconsistency.

In fact, there is a flat contradiction between articles 1 and 2 of the Mexican constitution and article 132 of the same.

Heath's election was in flat contradiction to all signs from public-opinion polls, which predicted a win from his rival, Reginald Maudling.

"We're not fighting the Mughals just because they're Muslims," says Bajirao, which is a flat-out contradiction of what he claimed at the beginning of the film.

To jolt us out of complacency, he depends on an editing method of flat-out contradiction — say, a Donald Rumsfeld claim of "humanitarian" bombing followed by shots of an Iraqi family's home destroyed by bombs.

Heytesbury thinks that the answerer can be caught in flat out contradictions if he follows any of these lines, and so the only line left for him is to deny that the sentence signifies in accord with the usual conventions, and defend the implausibilities that arise.

That's a flat-out contradiction.

The point I am making is that, as things stand at the moment, there is a flat-out contradiction between the claims of modern biological science and the theology of the Roman Catholic Church.