Sentence examples for that would be contrary from inspiring English sources

He says he doesn't really have one because that would be "contrary to the spirit of the thing".

It will warn parents, Mr. Harris said, that their children may be dropped from the program if they are absent or late too often, although that would be contrary to current public schools policy.

Macmillan added, "He would never tolerate anything that would be contrary to what he clearly understood the Bible to teach.

The restriction P-A ∈ {0,1} N×M means that A can define pathways to have less genes than originally in P, but can never have genes that contradict P, i.e. we do not allow allocations that would be contrary to the allocations in KEGG.

That would be contrary to our traditions".

But that would be contrary to his faith in quantification.

Derrick Pounder, professor of forensic medicine at the University of Dundee, who has experience of exhumations and postmortem examinations in the Middle East – including cases of deaths in custody – said: "That advice would be contrary to the advice that any UK forensic scientist would offer to any police in the UK who were investigating an allegation of assault leading to death".

He asserted that it "would be contrary to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs".

"Since 2005 GA has sought federal government intervention to stop the exportation of Australian greyhounds to destinations where that movement would be contrary to the greyhound's best interests and the interests of the industry.

It was to acknowledge that no formal record of interview could be conducted so long as the applicant was in Pakistan since, as the investigating officials appreciated, any such interview would be unlawful, that is, would be contrary to Australian law".

Another potential objection to the Threshold View is that it would be contrary to the best interests of the infant to permit withdrawal of treatment if the individual were predicted to have an LWL.