Now this may sound contradictory to you.

That practice would appear to be contradictory.

The developments we are witnessing are profoundly contradictory.

This allowed for contradictory interpretations by the parties.

Additionally, globalization represents four interrelated and seemingly contradictory dimensions.

Many of these evaluations are contradictory in their outcomes.

The ongoing conflict between Iran s rulers and the Iranian public is the result of a head on collision between two contradictory forces. In recent years, public attitudes in Iran have become more liberal.

The State practice related to international transport agreements is contradictory.

This condition is contradictory to required small re entry survivability.

In some cases the data from different sources is contradictory.

The findings of existing surveys are inconclusive and sometimes contradictory.

However, peace and justice are not contradictory but, in fact, complementary.

34. The Special Rapporteur received contradictory information concerning Jammu and Kashmir.

42. Government funding of SME support agencies can produce contradictory results.

Decision makers are bombarded by contradictory information provided for purely commercial reasons.

A look at today's world often shows us a very contradictory picture.

There were many debates, some of them very contradictory, showing how different we are.

It thus seemed contradictory for the Secretariat now to propose such a staff reduction.

104. Official responses within the United Nations to these trends have been somewhat contradictory.

In today s world, by contrast, the nature of the actors involved is no longer so clear. Transnational forces, states, and non state actors are all involved, and their goals are complex and sometimes contradictory, with no universal commitment to preserving the status quo.

In some cases, claimants made contradictory statements during their interviews or contradicted earlier written statements.

International partners were united in exerting pressure, and were able to avoid sending contradictory messages.

(a) Government forces, including the armed forces, the police forces, security forces and popular defence forces.

For example, if a chain smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self contradictory.

Different groups in society will assess government effectiveness from different perspectives, some of which may be contradictory.

The information provided should in no case be contradictory to the measures of physical security and safety.

Although the information is frequently inadequate and even contradictory, as a rule the acts denounced actually occurred.

A formula should be devised to limit the institutional spread of destination for action centres, to avoid contradictory outcomes.

Second, ordinary people are also gaining greater influence. What does it mean that these seemingly contradictory shifts are happening simultaneously?

The vague wording of the exceptions leaves plenty of room for contradictory interpretations regarding the patentability of the human gene.

Norway has not enacted any economic embargo against Cuba or adopted other measures contradictory to General Assembly resolution 52 10.

In the view of the delegation, any preferential rights to the orbit would be contradictory to the Outer Space Treaty.

This has resulted in many contradictory reports about FACI air assets by Governments, intergovernmental organizations, the press and non State actors.

Norway has not enacted any economic embargo against Cuba or adopted other measures contradictory to General Assembly resolution 51 17. PANAMA

But an agenda can be designed and implemented only if there is a broad consensus on the nature of the problem. And, as the ongoing dispute over Greece illustrates, agreement remains elusive Participating countries have developed contradictory analyses of the causes of the debt crisis, from which they derive contradictory prescriptions.

Ms. Popescu said that, while some progress had been made concerning women's participation in political and public life, the situation remained contradictory.

While this may appear to be contradictory, it must be remembered that drug abuse prevention is aimed at changing attitudes and behaviour.

Regarding the first point, once again the Working Group was able only to take note of the contradictory versions it had received.

Intimacy means physical, emotional connection with somebody else and especially with somebody of the opposite sex who gives off ambiguous, contradictory, phosphorescent signals.

This assertion, too, is supported by inadequately substantiated, not to say contradictory, arguments from the complainant in his comments of 4 August 2002.

The opinion was even expressed that such clauses might be illegal inasmuch as they were contradictory to the fundamental principles of treaty law.

The flood of data they report may be ambiguous and contradictory and require some review to detect any patterns, discrepancies, consistency and relevance.

In the view of that delegation, any preferential rights to the orbit would be contradictory to the existing legal regime governing outer space.

It is also concerned about the fact that the Government provides contradictory information on whether women s unemployment is higher than that of men.

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