Sentence examples for seem contrary from inspiring English sources

So writing about it for a national newspaper website may seem contrary to my code.

Fishing firms sometimes give political support to marine conservation measures that seem contrary to their commercial interest.

Why do politicians enact policies that seem contrary to the interests of the people who vote for them?

When we stay with a sound-pattern, further meanings arise that may at first seem contrary to the ideas with which we started out.

But it does seem contrary to human dignity for the state to kill graying convicts as payback for crimes they committed in their long-past youth.

Behavioural economists have found that all sorts of psychological or neurological biases cause people to make choices that seem contrary to their best interests.

That seemed contrary to common sense.

Solitary play seems contrary to the spirit of game.

It seems contrary that this play is so half-baked.

It seems contrary to human nature that this good luck and restraint can continue.

He said it seemed contrary to the N.C.A.A.'s effort to create a safer game.