Sentence examples for were contradicted from inspiring English sources

Straw's claims were contradicted by Sir John Holmes, then UK ambassador to France.

But his words were contradicted by television footage of children frolicking with chickens in the east.

But the denials were contradicted by a half-dozen Afghan and Western officials.

He said Mr. Benefield's claims to have been shot while running away were contradicted by forensic evidence.

He told Congress many things about the prosecutors' firings that were contradicted by his top aides and by documents.

Ms Hodge said his claims were contradicted by documentation MPs had seen and evidence from a "stream" of whistleblowers.

The first witness to take the stand was Ms. Fiorina, and Mr. Neal repeatedly tried to show that her confident public statements were contradicted by the internal documents.

But the troopers' versions of the shootings were contradicted by a civilian witness and by occupants of the van, and their accounts also conflicted with each other's.

Polly Toynbee wrote about that on these pages in glowing terms which were contradicted by the local delegation giving evidence to us.

Some ideas of period correctness – the strings using very little vibrato, the trumpets being valveless – were contradicted by others, such as the use of entirely modern horns.

On Tuesday, he said Gov. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney had repeatedly made promises that were contradicted by "their records and the details of their plans".