Sentence examples for was so contrary to from inspiring English sources

It was so contrary to 150 years of American history".

One scene in particular deeply moved him, for it was so contrary to everything he'd been taught.

"I simply couldn't be a part of a liberal agenda that was so contrary to who we are and what we believe in West Virginia," said Mr. Jenkins, who switched parties several years ago.

Displeased with the freedom of the nonprofessional jury that was so contrary to the civil-law tradition of the professional judge, legislatures introduced assessors who would sit and decide cases alongside professional judges.

It was so contrary to international law that the British Foreign Office's deputy legal adviser resigned because she felt that "an unlawful use of force on such a scale amounts to a crime of aggression".

"Fortunately," he said, "Gramm-Rudman-Hollings was so contrary to the culture and the Constitution and whole flow of legislative history, the first thing we did was to ignore it".

"We're so contrary to the other candidates," he said.

"It's so contrary to our philosophy that we explained in length to our vet and trainer," Mr. Hartis said.

So far, no one -- neither clients nor colleagues -- has been put off by a film whose tone is so contrary to a universe-mastering culture.

to come to the conclusion that the legislation of a state recognized by my Sovereign as an independent sovereign state is so contrary to moral principle that the judges ought not to recognize it.

"If push came to shove, and those engineers were asked to do something that's so contrary to their values, they'd go to their graves so sad they'd done that.