Example sentences of "contrary [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I should say to you at this point , that if you 're moving into these areas , you are moving into what I can , or , just totally contrary in fact to your policies , and directions , and er , not only that , I think we have difficulty sustaining . |
| 2 | Thus land originally acquired by a manufacturing company for expansion was now being utilized , contrary to Structure Plan intentions , as a development asset for out-of-town retailing . |
| 3 | There was no year on the letters , but they must necessarily come after the publication of Ash 's dramatic poems , Gods , Men and Heroes , which had appeared in 1856 and had not , contrary to Ash 's hopes and perhaps expectations , found favour with the reviewers , who had declared his verses obscure , his tastes perverse and his people extravagant and improbable . |
| 4 | A maritime court of inquiry which opened on April 11 heard that fire doors malfunctioned , and , contrary to regulations , no passenger list was held on land . |
| 5 | Contrary to experiments in which BTV-like particles are produced by co-infection of insect cells with two dual expressing viruses , all the produced particles appeared to be double-shelled VLPs and no CLPs were observed . |
| 6 | Member states could be in breach of these duties where they had enacted legislation requiring or encouraging undertakings to act contrary to Articles 85 or 86 or reinforcing the effects of such conduct . |
| 7 | In particular , it was contrary to articles 7 , 52 and 221 in as much as it created a complete barrier to freedom of establishment in the United Kingdom for individuals as owners and operators of fishing vessels and as directors and shareholders of companies owning or operating such vessels . |
| 8 | Contrary to speculation , the house has not been lent out to a public exhibition since 1925 , but remains where it was designed to stand , the only completely untouched Lutyens house in existence , a permanent record of a way of life between the wars . |
| 9 | ‘ Contrary to speculation , there are no plans to part company with the newspaper , and the editorial side will remain in Aberystwyth , where we have invested heavily in modern technology . |
| 10 | Contrary to Dr Francis Fukuyama 's analysis , published in The Independent on September 20 and 21 , ideological conflict is not the sole motor of history , and even if it were , this rich seam of dispute has yet to be fully exhausted . |
| 11 | To do so would be a breach of their fiduciary relationship with the other partners , and contrary to s. 30 of the Partnership Act 1890 . |
| 12 | has been guilty of fraudulent trading contrary to s. 458 of the Companies Act 1985 ; |
| 13 | IBM Corp has agreed to pay the US government $14.8m to settle that potential False Claims Act civil suit after IBM admitted to providing reconditioned or remanufactured computer equipment to the US government between 1980 and 1990 , contrary to contract provisions — under the contract , IBM was required to notify the government prior to delivery of anything other than new equipment , and the investigation revealed that IBM delivered approximately 15,000 reconditioned or remanufactured machines to the government ; IBM voluntarily owned up that it might not have fulfilled its obligations under the contract after conducting an internal audit . |
| 14 | By being on top he avoids being vulnerable , but vulnerable he is and , contrary to appearances , sensitive in the extreme and often crying out for dependency . |
| 15 | An exemption clause may , contrary to appearances , have little or no effect . |
| 16 | Rather , in most ordinary kinds of talk these principles are oriented to , such that when talk does not proceed according to their specifications , hearers assume that , contrary to appearances , the principles are nevertheless being adhered to at some deeper level . |
| 17 | Contrary to appearances , she had the requisite amount of Libran steel behind her sugar-frosting exterior . |
| 18 | ( FCA ) of , having been found guilty of misconduct contrary to Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in Cardiff between 26 March 1991 and 4 February 1992 purported to exercise a lien over the papers of his former client when he was not entitled to do so and having been guilty of a breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( ii ) in that he in Cardiff between 22 May 1991 and 4 February 1992 failed to deal properly and promptly with professional enquiries from Chartered Accountants in respect of the affairs of his former client and having been found guilty of a breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in Cardiff between 17 December 1991 and 4 February 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee on 17 December 1991 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning the affairs of his former client was reprimanded , fined £750 and ordered to pay £l , 000 by way of costs . |
| 19 | A member of the Institute having been found to have been in breach of Bye-law 76(c) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he between 1 January 1985 and 30 March 1992 engaged in public practice contrary to Bye-law 59 when he did not hold a current practising certificate was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs . |
| 20 | Although the existence of a teacher 's independent authority to punish contrary to parents ’ wishes is inconsistent with the generally pervasive notion of parental choice in education , it would seem to be justifiable . |
| 21 | It 's it 's also the main area of housing demand , it 's also the main area where employers want to locate around around North Yorkshire , and I think most importantly , if its development needs are not met , these can wo n't be satisfactorily diverted elsewhere , they will continue unresolved which would be continual pressure on the edge of the urban area , and on on the greenbelt , and if that holds the effect would of course be that the tight greenbelt would mean that economic growth in the county would be frustrated , because York is the main centre where employment growth is concentrated , and I would think , I would consider that that solution of a tight greenbelt plus not making sufficient provision for development needs elsewhere in York would be contrary to P P G three paragraph three , which I 'm sure you 're aware of . |
| 22 | I fully I fully accept that , er you would obviously build in the facilities which are necessary , but the most of the settlements are limited by existing physical and other constraints , and those can not be overcome , you can not duel the A nineteen as far as Easingwold without very substantial harm , for example to the open countryside , even if it were physically possible and economically possible , to expand Easingwold , sorry , to expand Tadcaster to the required size , we 'd need to roll back greenbelt boundaries , again contrary to P P G two . |
| 23 | Erm re any any proposal in that sector would require quite a long lead in to the A sixty four and that obviously would be contrary to P P G twelve which requite that development should be er minimize the car journeys and the requirement for car journeys . |
| 24 | Contrary to reports in Paris last week , government investigators working at the central police laboratory here have ruled out the presence of the Czechoslovak-made explosive Semtex , which caused the Lockerbie disaster . |
| 25 | Contrary to reports of declining sales , there have even been rises in circulation , readership and ad revenue ( slowly , but surely , the agencies have been coming round to Punch 's point-of-view ) . |
| 26 | Contrary to reports , a spokesman for Sun Microsystems Inc said the company 's chief financial officer did not comment on the outlook for the quarter — ‘ We generally do not comment on the Street or analysts ’ earnings expectations , ’ he said . |
| 27 | CONTRARY to reports in certain sections of the media , the Royal Bank 's customer care policy is still very much alive and jumping . |
| 28 | They say contrary to reports that they have required psychiatric intervention , they have neither sought nor received any counselling . |
| 29 | Thus on Amon Hen Frodo puts on the Ring , contrary to Gandalf 's injunction , simply to escape from Boromir , and the narrator ratifies his decision : ‘ There was only one thing to do ’ . |
| 30 | Over the centuries , Iranians have become used to having their religious leaders denounce the Shahs policies on the grounds they were contrary to Islam . |