Sentence examples for seen as contrary from inspiring English sources

This kind of fundamentalism, it may be seen as contrary to what is occurring in countries with Catholic and Orthodox backgrounds: the latter share a set of characteristics, yet are different in others, with respect to their type of antievolutionism.

As Kenny and Pinborg note, Ockham justified a less literal reading of Aristotle by asserting that Aristotle often speaks metaphorically; at the other extreme, Latin Averroists offered views that might be seen as contrary to Church teaching by maintaining that they were only interpreting Aristotle, not developing their own view (Kenny and Pinborg 1982, 29 30).

Edwin's reign marks an interruption of the otherwise consistent domination of Northumbria by the Bernicians and has been seen as "contrary to the prevailing tendency".

Jesus died, like the sign posted on his cross said, precisely because his deeds, words and reputation were seen as contrary to Roman interests, promoting a different "king" and "kingdom" in a political setting with no tolerance for such longings.

While this might be seen as contrary to expectation it may reflect an intergenerational pattern of scheduling work and reproductive careers in which the second birth is hastened by the existence of a maternal role model balancing work and reproduction.

For instance, they are seen as contrary to a physician's traditional working style, they require a greater capability in dealing with computers and installing a system absorbs considerable financial resources [ 6].

Other cases in which apparent contradictories can be seen as contraries, and thus immune from any application of LEM, are future contingents (There will be/will not be a sea battle tomorrow; cf. De Int. Chapter 9) and, in more recent work (Alxatib and Pelletier 2011, Ripley 2011a), vague predications.

Hardly the gushing endorsements we typically like to see as contrary indicators.

China insisted that, although Korea was independent, China could come to the support of its vassal state (Korea) in a crisis, an interpretation that Mori saw as contrary to the idea of independence in international law.

"The challenge for the U.S. is that simultaneous with trying to persuade the military to avoid things the administration sees as contrary to its interests, the administration is also seeking to 'preserve the relationship,'" said Tamara Cofman Wittes, the director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and a former top State Department official.

The concept of 'happy identity' is seen as reassuring, contrary to Nicolas Sarkozy, who can be seen as divisive and conflictual.