Sentence examples for seem to be contrary from inspiring English sources

"Of course, the ATP is free to interpret its rules as it deems appropriate," he said, "but an interpretation that excludes Forstmann from its reach would seem to be contrary to its professed zero-tolerance policy and the presumably intentionally broad terminology used in the rule".

Some of these capacities even seem to be contrary to one another.

Lipsius was a Christian thinker, as well as a Stoic one, and in this capacity he drew on Aristotle's De generatione animalium (769a-773a) to explain the existence of evil in a world created by a supremely benevolent God: deformed creatures and monstrosities which seem to be contrary to nature are actually in accordance with the overall plan of nature and divine providence (Physiologia I.13).

Our results seem to be contrary to their predictions; indeed low-quality females displayed a clear mate preference.

This may seem to be contrary to the impact on cognition, as improved quality of life may be expected to mirror better cognition scores.

"Obviously we needed to investigate the allegations, but the claims seemed to be contrary to all the scientific evidence," Mr. Wiener said.

However, in this case, I felt that my decline had more merit, as being blog captain seemed to be contrary to my very real commitment to living off the grid, or at least as far off the grid as is possible on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

A second test is "against the grain of the Gospels": a passage that seems to be contrary to one of the main themes or views expressed in one or more Gospels is likely to be authentic because the early Christians were not likely to have created material with which they disagreed.

The situation in Tehran seems to be contrary to the situation in some countries in which there is an increasing shift towards privatization of urban parks.

However, in the case of 0.51-μm SiNW solar cell, the dependence of Voc on plasma power seems to be contrary.

Also, the tabulated values show some decline in magnitude as design loading level increases considering the same stage period, which seems to be contrary to what would be expected.