Examples of 'prove the contrary' in a sentence

Meaning of "prove the contrary"

prove the contrary: This phrase means to demonstrate or provide evidence that something is opposite or different from what was previously stated or believed

How to use "prove the contrary" in a sentence

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prove the contrary
Various statistics prove the contrary to be true.
The defendant produced a number of witnesses to prove the contrary.
Does not prove the contrary.
I am assuming that everyone is suspect until he can prove the contrary.
You wanted to prove the contrary.
The law presumes a statement is false unless she can prove the contrary.
It will be hard to prove the contrary since both are dead.
Now we have about three billion dollars to prove the contrary.
I shall prove the contrary by retiring to my customary retreat, unassisted.
Later evidence would prove the contrary.
The CNIL decided to prove the contrary through the Cabanon project conducted in 2017.
Your magnificent sketches prove the contrary.
They can't prove the contrary.
And not even the existence of this letter would prove the contrary.
They did not try to prove the contrary.

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These statistics are irrefutable, not a single case to prove the contrary.
A referendum can prove the contrary.
Technically, yes. the law presumes the statement is false, unless she can prove the contrary.
Côte d'Ivoire's demonstrations attempting to prove the contrary do not convince the Special Chamber.
Yes, a woman's infidelity removes all the power from a man. You wanted to prove the contrary.
The future was to prove the contrary.
The story of Ulysses and the sirens does not prove the contrary.
It 's up to you to prove the contrary.
That is exactly why we have joined forces, to prove the contrary.
I believe you will have to prove the contrary.
Historical examples reinforce this, while others prove the contrary.
No one has any evidence to prove the contrary.
You know perfectly well you are innocent, but you try to prove the contrary.
No, it 's up to you to prove the contrary.
Genocide experienced by Rwanda in 1994 is there to prove the contrary.
I defy my bitterest enemies to prove the contrary.
I shot him three times just to prove the contrary.
It challenges the US and others to prove the contrary.
The apostle summons Abraham to prove the contrary.
In this article I will try to prove the contrary.
However, practice tends to prove the contrary.
You are innocent, but you try to prove the contrary.
You must take my word for that, or prove the contrary.
Faustus, I am an instance to prove the contrary.
I was amazed, but I could not prove the contrary.
Nor, indeed, would participation in outward power prove the contrary.

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