Sentence examples for open to contrary from inspiring English sources

Mr. Obama came to office as the anti-Bush, his candidacy set in motion by his opposition to the Iraq war amid promises to be more open to contrary advice, more pragmatic in his policies and more contemplative in his decisions.

They hoped that Raqqa residents, having endured the Draconian rule of ISIS, would be open to the diametrically contrary values championed by Öcalan, from secularism to gender equality.

Although Paamco was historically majority women-owned, it has only competed for the large-scale institutional allocations that are open to all and, contrary to what is implied by the judge's statements, has never taken any "set aside" business or minority mandates.

While I am open to argument to the contrary, I would be surprised if further work does not reinforce these difficulties.

In an op-ed this month, law professor and former party official Hao Tiechun said Sun's argument that marriage could be open to gay couples "runs contrary to rational understanding and is an intentional misinterpretation to the law".

And we don't have enough people that are willing to be open to information that might be contrary to their preconceived notions of what's going on".

"On the contrary, we are open to the other parties, whether they won or lost the election, because we don't believe in the dictatorship of the regions or any other kind, because we are not dictators".

On the contrary, they were open to a variety of influences, including the philosophy of an anti-idealist thinker such as J.F. Herbart and of the subsequently forgotten but then prominent Hermann Lotze, an independent mind whose speculations are difficult to classify in terms of the idealist/realist opposition.

If you can convince me to the contrary, I would be open to reconsidering".

Excluding MeSH-terms, on the contrary, allowed us to stay open to alternative understandings of PM.

Contrary to what was printed on August 5, Bethlehem is open to tourists.