Sentence examples for something contrary to from inspiring English sources

"Seeing something contrary to a preconception is one way I hope someone will experience this work," she said.

"The Turks are worried about having the E.U. do something contrary to their interests without being able to stop it".

The notion of a "Jekyll-and-Hyde" character has become a lazy way of describing someone when they do something contrary to their normal nature.

"We felt on the one hand that we did not want to do something contrary to the wishes of our client," he said.

It's useful to remember that Saddam Hussein is not the only monster supported by the present incumbents in Washington until he did something contrary to their interests.

But it's not obvious to me that the court's conservative majority will allow Congress to "simply regulate interstate commerce by imposing 'taxes' whenever someone does or does not do something contrary to its desires".

"If something happened contrary to that, it would be a nice, pleasant surprise".

These SACREs must be doing something right: contrary to Philip's bleak picture, RE is an extremely popular subject.

The writer seems to assume that landlords are entitled to harass rent-regulated tenants, something clearly contrary to the law, although, unfortunately, not contrary to the facts.

There have also been discussions about a private underground mourning area, something almost contrary to the function of a public memorial.

One must thus assume that readers were led not to read the Rules, or were led to ignore them or to misunderstand them or to believe something else contrary to their statement.