Sentence examples for opposed to prevailing from inspiring English sources

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He was to remain throughout his life an "archaist," opposed to prevailing intellectual trends.

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Garatti and his colleagues were opposed to the prevailing rationalism of modernist architecture of the time – they wanted to respond to the "cultural context" of Cuba, of music, writing and painting.

Far more emphatically than Orwell's or Baldwin's, Chesterton's "Englishry" finds its essence in an adjustable sense of being opposed to the prevailing trends of the present.

In the context of clinical medicine, this objectification of medical knowledge through EBM was initiated as part of a movement [ 38], opposed to the prevailing clinical hierarchies.

That is, if a group is opposed to the prevailing draft of a recommendation or a consolidated agreement, then it should suggest the changes necessary for it to accept that proposal.

Students are especially keen to study issues like inequality, the role of ethics and fairness in economics (as opposed to the prevailing focus on profit maximisation), and the economic consequences of climate change.

Ray's ideas were opposed to other prevailing theories of the origin of fossils: that they were lusi naturae, "games of nature"; that they were formed by some sort of creative force or "Plastick Virtue" acting on the Earth; or that they had been made by God for His pleasure, or by God as models for living organisms, or by the Devil to tempt, frighten, or confuse people.

The adoption, inculcation and implementation of a comprehensive doctrine of prevention across the U.N. system -- as opposed to the prevailing culture of reaction -- one that is directly reflected in the organization's leadership, organization, resource allocation and culture.

This raises the question as to whether exposures that begin in adulthood may lead to lowered risk for atopic sensitization as well, as opposed to the prevailing belief that a healthy worker selection is responsible for this phenomenon.

Such approaches are linked to improved health worker performance, motivation and increased and sustained job satisfaction [ 12], and this is borne out in a multiple case study of supervision at peripheral health posts in Guatemala that highlighted the importance of a supportive holistic approach as opposed to the prevailing model of managerial control [ 28].

Importantly, this type of transcriptome instability is a pan-cancer characteristic, as opposed to the tissue specificity prevailing in healthy tissues.

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