Examples of 'run counter' in a sentence
Meaning of "run counter"
run counter: To be in opposition to something or someone, to contradict or go against
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- To defy or oppose something, especially an expectation, custom, or social standard.
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His actions run counter to his words.
And ignoring information that might run counter.
They run counter to the moral law of.
Decisions that have run counter to protocol.
They also run counter to the principle of trade liberalization.
Appeasing terrorists would run counter to current history.
It would run counter to our legal tradition in this field.
We believe that sanctions run counter to human rights.
Such views run counter to practice in international relations.
Religious freedom cannot run counter to human rights.
Findings run counter to recent calls for strict regulation.
This proposal would run counter to it.
Seems to run counter to what they are claiming.
Gas valve hours run counter.
Rules that run counter to insurance logic.
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This fraternity with mice does run counter to nature.
This would run counter to the democratic.
If the conclusions that we reach run counter to our.
That seems to run counter to so many things.
Run counter to those of most.
This appears to run counter to our guidelines.
Run counter to reason.
Stars can also run counter to expectations.
Assessed contributions for administrative expenditures would run counter to that principle.
These images run counter to that aim.
The design concept is therefore based on rigid lines that run counter to the building.
That would run counter to our goal of simplification.
I am not saying that it is run counter to the laws.
Their actions run counter to all norms of civilized behaviour.
In faa the following considerations run counter to this argument.
His techniques run counter to prevailing accepted practices.
We shall reject any amendments that run counter to them.
It would even run counter lo our ultimale goal.
Action by the veterinary services tends to run counter to common sense.
It would even run counter to our ultimate goal.
Policies should complement and not run counter each other.
These positions run counter to their campaign messaging.
Any further dismantling of control instruments would run counter to this requirement.
These results run counter to the prevailing wisdom.
These three product attributes often run counter to one another.
Their activities run counter to national security or public policy.
In fact the following considerations run counter to this argument.
These provisions run counter to the relevant international standards.
There interests and tenets did run counter to each other.
That would run counter to the purpose of the proposal.
We shall vote against any amendments which run counter to these considerations.
Frequently they run counter to the interests of humanity in general.
This job is all about doing things that run counter to human nature.
It seems to me also to run counter to the requirements of procedural efficiency.
Mutual recriminations and negotiating through the media run counter to these objectives.
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Examples of using Counter
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