Sentence examples for was often counter from inspiring English sources

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Work done by various groups to minimise flooding was often counter productive with the creation of levees, moving and widening channels and other works simply shifting the flooding elsewhere.

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In particular, at high sowing densities, the most important interactions happened in the very early stages of mixture development, and the behaviour of the indices was often counter-intuitive.

To complicate matters further, the absolutism of the centre was often countered by the intransigence of the Basque and Catalan movements, creating a situation in which neither had any inclination to compromise.

The main response when asked about disadvantages was that there were none; however, other disadvantages included added pressure on the partner and a lack of spontaneity associated with timing intercourse, although this was often countered by the desire to achieve a pregnancy.

(And yes, I am also shocked that I would attempt such a terrible pun). Studies have shown that readers add (or invent) emotional bias that is often counter to your intent as the sender.

In addition to allowing entrepreneurs to pursue interests (pull motivation), micro businesses formation also provides opportunities those who have had to leave paid employment (i.e. a push motivation) and the number of micro businesses such as home based businesses, is often counter cyclic with economic and paid employment growth (Clark and Drinkwater, 2000; 2010).

Importantly, the benefit received is often counter to people's intuitions regarding which study conditions maximize learning (Boehler et al. 2006; Kornell and Son 2009).

Interestingly, there is a strong AT codon bias in Helicosporidium protein coding genes (the arginine codon CGG is used only once in the entire genome), and this bias is often counter to the tRNA complement.

Focusing criticism on one player is often counter-productive".

Second, specific canons are often countered by some maxim pointing in a different direction.

Indeed, military power, if used to exercise hegemony, is often counter-productive.

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