Sentence examples for went contrary to from inspiring English sources
He said the extremists systematically destroyed cultural heritage because it went contrary to some of their doctrines, but also because "heritage is a source of funding for extremist groups".
Though the signing went contrary to Liverpool's way of doing things under FSG and seemingly threw their considered, analytical processes out of the window, Balotelli's status and undoubted (yet mercurial) individual talent made them feel it was a gamble worth taking.
Third, in spite of Aristotle's influence, medieval authors charted new courses, which often went contrary to Aristotle's explicit views; we need only think of the number of categories, for example.
While we could have restricted the review to a limited number of exposures, years or countries, this went contrary to our desire to work out the scope of what has been explored in the literature.
It goes contrary to everything we're doing.
Mr. DeMint's grievance, though, goes contrary to Mr. Bush's vision for the program.
"It goes contrary to the spirit of trying to reform the Legislature," he said.
"So much of the world is going contrary to the ideals of Passover".
"To the extent that the book goes contrary to that, I think it is unfortunate," Varghese said.
"We're going contrary to state laws," said Bill Swenson, one of seven former mayors of Longmont who fought the ban.
"The imposition of new American economic sanctions goes contrary to the spirit of interaction and cooperation," the Belarus Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
