Sentence examples for trying contrary from inspiring English sources

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But is it really comforting for parents of teenagers to embrace an evolutionary explanation for what remain, as Mr. Dobbs puts it, "trying, contrary or flat-out scary moments"?

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But inside the immigration court of Judge Alberto J. Riefkohl, Angel Alicea, an F.B.I agent, testified that in February 2005 Imam Qatanani admitted having been arrested and tried, contrary to his green card application.

No, the government shouldn't budget the way families do; on the contrary, trying to balance the budget in times of economic distress is a recipe for deepening the slump.

On the contrary, trying to embed your ideas in a microfounded model can be a very useful exercise — not because the microfounded model is right, or even better than an ad hoc model, but because it forces you to think harder about your assumptions, and sometimes leads to clearer thinking.

Another, to the contrary, was trying to stand back.

At the same time, the version of that paradigm that Microsoft is trying to establish is contrary to the original spirit of the Internet.

Despite some politicians trying to claim the contrary, Tuesday's million-and-a-half-strong demonstration in Barcelona was a mass call for the independence of Catalonia.

He is trying to convince me - contrary to the line from the left - that he is deeply involved in the details of governance and that he is succeeding with his plan.

To the contrary, in trying to strike a magnanimous note about Clinton, he ended up sounding like the head of a police state, where the cops and prosecutors routinely act at the behest of the great leader.

When they left, the Colonists returned, building a stronger network of mini forts called redoubts with a clear shot at any passing ship trying to negotiate the contrary currents and winds at this only east-west S-turn in the river.

And he took note of common opinions to the extent of trying to explain away contrary views when he found them.

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