Example sentences of "[noun pl] to the contrary " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite worries to the contrary , pressed flowers photograph well and make a refreshing change from more conventional forms of artwork . |
| 2 | Both section 6 and the common law rule making contracts void apply only in the absence of any agreement of the parties to the contrary . |
| 3 | Despite the political rhetoric of the modern welfare state , which has created popular images to the contrary , the reality is that the basic state retirement pension continues to provide an income between a third and a half of average earnings . |
| 4 | This perspective leads to the conclusion that in the absence of clear words to the contrary , the hypothetical letting will be on the same terms as the actual letting . |
| 5 | Seekie refused and , despite earlier declarations to the contrary , asserted that the conflict " must be resolved by Liberians themselves without any interventions from outside " . |
| 6 | Despite frequently heard voices to the contrary , total catholic — nationalist domination would be the likely outcome of a united Ireland unless a confederal structure were implemented . |
| 7 | Despite voices to the contrary , our standard of play at club level is not that high , and anything we can do to improve it or make it more appealing should be done . |
| 8 | London was all too obviously selling Hong Kong down the Pearl River , despite its protestations to the contrary . |
| 9 | But , despite repeated public protestations to the contrary , senior politicians of both main parties have been discreetly considering their tactics in the event that neither Conservatives nor Labour secure the 326 seats needed to win immediate power . |
| 10 | Most people , despite protestations to the contrary , stick to a fairly narrow band of behaviours . |
| 11 | The typical primary school in Africa is in every physical sense a neighbourhood school , small , local , reached on foot — the teachers well-known and despite their protestations to the contrary , usually well respected . |
| 12 | Higher taxes : the overall proportion of national income taken in taxes has risen from 34.75 per cent in 1978 to 37 per cent , despite Norman Lamont 's protestations to the contrary . |
| 13 | And her dispatches indeed reveal a bombshell : that despite protestations to the contrary in white American fiction , race has been its subject matter all the time . |
| 14 | Separatism , despite any protestations to the contrary , came up against the age old problem of how to transpose the idea onto the material world . |
| 15 | The positivist learning theory side of it did , despite protestations to the contrary , make possible the intrusion of the likes of Burgess and Akers . |
| 16 | However , the Divisional Court held that it amounted to a common law contempt in that the Sun had , in spite of its editor 's protestations to the contrary , intended to interfere with the administration of justice . |
| 17 | In spite of government protestations to the contrary , privatisation lies at the heart of the proposals : commercial and voluntary sector provision will be expanded , local authority provision will contract and informal carers will be expected to carry a bigger load . |
| 18 | It is clear that it was the sexual context ( and in particular , despite the judge 's protestations to the contrary , the gay sexual context ) of the ‘ assaults ’ that provoked Judge Rant 's ruling against consent being used as a defence and the harsh sentences which followed . |
| 19 | Despite many protestations to the contrary , its arguments fail to offer solutions to the problems of empirical research . |
| 20 | We noted , amongst other things the following : 1 ) That WFS despite any ( credible ) protestations to the contrary , is very much part of the wider reformist ( counter-revolutionary ) Labour movement . |
| 21 | ‘ Though I 'm getting the impression , ’ he continued , beginning to breathe more heavily and increasing the pressure of his fingers , ‘ that you quite like the heat — despite your ladylike protestations to the contrary … ’ |
| 22 | Dicta to the contrary in McPhail v Persons Unknown [ 1973 ] 3 All ER 393 are thought to be applicable only if in the High Court . |
| 23 | A reliable table of regnal years for English monarchs starts ( popular reference books to the contrary ) with the accession of King Henry II on 19 December 1154 . |
| 24 | And notwithstanding some old cases in Salkeld and in other books to the contrary , I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction , let the punishment be fixed or not . |
| 25 | She writes : ‘ The process of inspiration must be seen as the inspiration of those people , especially of poor women , struggling for human dignity and liberation from oppressive powers , because they believe in the biblical God of creation and salvation despite all experiences to the contrary . ’ |
| 26 | Or that one is to continue to believe in the biblical God despite all experiences to the contrary , that is to say believe that God is bound up with a religion and a community in which women are counted inferior ( in which case one is attempting to believe in an evil God ) ? |
| 27 | He quickly discovered , however , that other schools of philosophy , despite proud boasts to the contrary , had nothing better to offer . |
| 28 | Likewise , most mental hospitals are carefully designed to drive people crazy , and reinforce pseudo-medical ‘ labelling ’ , despite superficial appearances to the contrary . |
| 29 | His marriage with the lovely Susy , designed to give him stability , peace and quiet — things that I believe James actually , despite occasional appearances to the contrary , cherishes — had broken up . |
| 30 | ‘ If I ca n't find your father and talk to him , I must ask you , my dear child — you are still a child , appearances to the contrary — to come home with us of your own accord . ’ |