Sentence examples for not countermanded from inspiring English sources

And the examples of beliefs that the Skeptic would end up with are indeed the ones that Frede gives, such as me believing now that it is day, on the basis of having a (perceptual) impression that it is light outside, an impression which is not countermanded by any countervailing impressions and which exerts a pull all of its own towards assent.

The Federal Government should not countermand State law.

Although tones are de-emphasized in singing, composers must nonetheless strive to make the melodic line reflect — or at least not countermand — the tone of each word, or audiences may laugh.

That we did not countermands arguments that (potentially substantial) interactive or combinatorial effects of individual variables preclude the establishment of any one such variable as a mediator.

His goal now appears to be to rally public opinion against the very orders that President Obama insisted, as he told Joe Biden, could not be countermanded.

Mr. Biden asked whether the new policy of beginning a significant withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2011 was a direct presidential order that could not be countermanded by the military.

As they walked along the portico toward the Oval Office, Biden asked if the new policy of beginning a significant withdrawal in 2011 was a direct presidential order that couldn't be countermanded by the military.

I came to understand that it was inevitable that some of my decisions would be reversed by the prime minister, and I noted in my diary in 2004 that it is crucial that a chief of staff does not mind being countermanded by his boss.

I mean I wasn't trying to countermand his authority but he was a little anxious … I don't think he realized that he hit the artery and I remember saying you've got the artery.

DD: The Dia Foundation is tied to that, and De Maria had just passed away, so the Dia Foundation didn't want to countermand his views.

Writing for a 7 2 majority, Chief Justice William Rehnquist acknowledged that the court had often suggested that Miranda was not truly a constitutional holding and thus could be countermanded by Congress.