Example collocations logo

Contrary in sentence

2122 examples of Contrary in a sentence

On the contrary, populists view minority rights, separation of government powers, and independent media – all staples of liberalism – as an attack on majority rule, and therefore on democracy itself.
On the contrary, their influence will make life not only less civilized, but a great deal more dangerous.
Nation-building at home is not the isolation that critics fear; on the contrary, it is central to a smart foreign policy.
On the contrary, everyone can dream that they, too, will become rich.
Inequality has not fallen; but, contrary to what some critics claim, it has not increased either.
On the contrary, it aims, in Hirschman’s words, “to widen the limits of what is or is perceived to be possible.”
Directing credit in order to increase supply of goods need not be inflationary; on the contrary, the increased supply of domestically produced goods may be an effective instrument for combating inflation.
On the contrary, referendums tend to make matters far worse, and can undermine democracy itself.
On the contrary, we must be vigilant about continuing to improve them.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the issue is not one of pure doctrine.
On the contrary, as US Vice President Joe Biden said in February, Europe remains “the cornerstone of [US] engagement with the rest of the world.”
On the contrary, many of them, their reputations under water, have doubled down on those beliefs, apparently in the hope that events will, for once, break their way, and that people might thus be induced to forget their abysmal forecasting track record.
On the contrary, lower wages will lead to decreased spending, aggravating the depression, and further increase the likelihood of immigration to the US, where salaries are substantially higher.
On the contrary, the debt position will become even more unsustainable.
Contrary to stereotypes of paid sex, work in a legal brothel is not especially dangerous or hazardous to one’s health.
On the contrary, the US is continuing to thwart European efforts gradually to establish a rule-based international order.
There is no evidence that torturers are better at lie detection than anyone else; on the contrary, there is plenty of evidence that torturers or their superiors routinely disbelieve their subjects’ testimony.
Contrary to what its leaders expect, China’s standing among most people in the Middle East – and its ambition to project soft power globally – will be gravely damaged.
On the contrary, the nature and importance of their contribution make it imperative that they be placed under democratic control – and not just because of the well appreciated need to protect individual privacy.
On the contrary, the only uncertainty was when exactly matters would come to a head.
On the contrary, emissions have increased markedly; as a consequence, last year was the hottest year on record.
On the contrary, a crash makes the dream of ownership more affordable, which benefits first-time buyers – typically the young and less well-off.
On the contrary, expansion takes away the worries - be they real or imagined - that surround the situation of the large Russian-speaking populations that now live outside of Russia but within the borders of the former Soviet Union.
Indirectly, it concerns all of us, for the choice made by Arcelor’s shareholders is far from being an exception; on the contrary, it reveals the deep economic and social significance of corporate takeovers of this type.
They therefore presume that, despite American professions to the contrary, the US seeks BMD capabilities that can negate Russia’s strategic deterrent under the guise of protecting America and its allies from Iran.
His re-election would hardly be an issue; on the contrary, those who opposed him will be in trouble.
The United States managed to get it right, albeit very slowly, whereas many European countries erred on the side of the status quo for a much longer time, if not systematically, as they refused to see that the region could be evolving in a direction contrary to what they deemed to be in their strategic interest.
On the contrary, many indicators of efficiency of the way the government and the labor market work have actually deteriorated.
On the contrary, austerity was perhaps too successful (and painful).
Nor are the apparent exceptions proof to the contrary.
BackNext