Sentence examples for override science from inspiring English sources

Now the authors of a Royal Society report on resilience to extreme weather have told BBC News that they believe the campaign to protect the Levels prompted politics to override science.

The proposal would override "science to redirect water into the hands of the most powerful corporate farmers in the world," argued Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael).

Political pressure to override science-based catch limits is building in some quarters, while budget cuts could yet deprive fishery managers of the resources they need.

Hockfield noted that Rogers was also forced to confront the damaging ways that politics could override good science.

Twice in two days, you had it right when you noted how strong lobbies can override sound science ("Antibiotics and Agriculture," editorial, June 30; "Antibiotics in Animals Need Limits, F.D.A. Says," news article, June 29).

And show business often overrides the science.

It was a well-deserved rebuke to a politically motivated decision that overrode sound science and the health needs of young girls in order to placate political opponents of emergency contraception.

In addition, if the solutions proposed sound like they involve the government, you will have all the political rightwing try to block it as a reflex, even if it means them overriding hard science, which is what's going on today.

"Was there anything more inappropriate than watching political science try to override medical science in the Terri Schiavo case?" Mr. Bloomberg said.

Tracking legislative overrides is not an exact science, as some fixes may be technical and trivial.

The president who had campaigned on restoring the role of science in decision-making overrode the judgment of a unanimous panel of scientists, suggesting that he wanted to "study" the issue further — perhaps until 2013.