Sentences with phrase «contrary position»

The second problem is that many active managers are penalized for taking contrary positions against the passive buyers.

I had entered the academy in part because I thought it would be a world in which reasonable people with contrary positions could debate these positions openly.

And we often react negatively to others who take contrary positions.

It is unfortunate that anyone who holds contrary position to that of the ruling Npp is subjected to unnecessary intimidation and harassment with the use of coercive apparatus of power.

Respondents» contrary position assumes that income should be treated as if it were government property even if it has not come into the tax collector's hands.

People assume we have completely contrary positions — of tradition and modernity, painting and the physical — however, artists are always interested in other artists, and how and what they achieve in their work.

Is there a valid contrary position?

More often than not, they take contrary positions to the trades placed by every single trader.

He is not only a Eurosceptic but an arch-libertarian, taking many contrary positions to the Conservatives.

I take a contrary position.

His challenge to Whitehead has the more point since he sees Whitehead as also, and indeed more fundamentally, maintaining what Professor Buchler holds to be the contrary position — one which he himself advocates — that of «ontological parity.»

Weiner's contrary position isn't entirely lonely, though.

He succeeded in this appearance by focusing on their common ground, but it's unclear whether those shared elements can outweigh the contrary positions as the Conservative Party selects its candidate.

And there's absolutely no point in trying to argue the contrary position to either group.

The tax agency may appeal a ruling, or simply announce that it will continue to take a contrary position.

Rather, the best strategy is to wait for the trend to overshoot, and take a contrary position.

The central bank takes the contrary position in the event of a fall in inflationary pressures.

Dustin Grinnell enjoys all things extreme, welcomes misadventures and greatly enjoys taking the contrary position in conversation.

A: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.

It is curious to me that this decrease has occurred during the Bush Administration, which is well known for its contrary position on climate change.

That's right, in an effort to prove that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, Dr. Hansen provides all the evidence that anyone should need to actually prove the contrary position.

In a case like that, taking the contrary position is not really a good bet!

And yes, Verheggen's paper included what was said to be 5 % of respondents culled from those taking a contrary position.

0) In science, if you take a contrary position, and evidence piles up in your favor, and your hypotheses get accepted as good theories, you gain serious prestige (which may of course only happen after you're dead, like Wegener).

It was within this context that we believe the law society here actually had a legal obligation to take some action, which is quite the contrary position from the detractors here.

For example, governments generally accept that private practitioners who do their civil or criminal work will act against them in unrelated matters, and a contrary position in a particular case may, depending on the circumstances, be seen as tactical rather than principled.

So while the decision is well reasoned, there was no contrary position presented.

However, to the contrary position, an employer which presents am employee with a promotion, conditional upon the execution of a contract, will have a very good argument that the contract is binding.

Is he implying there's a contrary position out there that's recognized as having any possible merit at all?

I write separately to emphasize that the contrary positions of the Municipalities and court below resulted in infringing constitutional rights.