Sentences with phrase «counter to prevailing»

The researchers acknowledge that skeptics may be slightly over-represented, «it is likely that viewpoints that run counter to the prevailing consensus are somewhat (i.e. by a few percentage points) magnified in our results.»

PS: The UK committee system is very strong, including on science and technology issues, and often produces reports which are (a) valuable and (b) counter to the prevailing orthodoxy and / or government agenda, so don't underestimate this opportunity.

The high level of confidence ascribed to the hockey stick inferences in the IPCC TAR, based upon two very recent papers (MBH) that, while provocative and innovative, used new methods and found results that were counter to the prevailing views.

Porter remained steadfastly interested in figurative realism throughout his life even when his interest ran counter to the prevailing tide of Abstract Expressionism.

It's interesting, however, to reflect on the fact that both the process and title of Man Ray's contribution ran counter to the prevailing values of most of the photographers celebrated in The Sense of Abstraction, for whom painstaking composition and exceptional printing were de rigueur.

As America's pre-eminent short - seller — he bets big money that companies» strategies will fail — Mr. Chanos's narrative runs counter to the prevailing wisdom on China.

Some of their conclusions run counter to prevailing opinion (that class size should be increased, for example), and some — like the one presented in the following excerpt — represent common sense wisdom undergirded by fresh insight from research:

Clearly, these suggestions run counter to prevailing preferences for immediate gratification in policymaking, but they are essential if we are to see sustained improvement in education.

TCG's investment strategy runs counter to the prevailing trend in life sciences venture capital toward assembling diversified portfolios of later stage, single product - orientated companies across multiple industry sectors, with proximity to value inflection points and the early identification of a Pharma «buyer» as key investment considerations.

This runs counter to prevailing thought, which holds that social and cultural influences are required to achieve these sizes and growth rates.

This runs quite counter to the prevailing Old Testament view that God listened only to the righteous (see Psalm 34:15 if.)

Wuellner views the early christian rhetoric of the New Testament writings as a new form of persuasive communication that, due to the influence of Jewish rhetorical practices, went counter to the prevailing norms and regulations of Greco - Roman rhetoric.

I am extremely disappointed because contrary to your fine words you have allowed the bean counters to prevail.

Not exact matches

That's lower than the prevailing price in 2015, when the Bank of Canada dropped its policy rate to 0.5 % to counter the blow from the collapse of crude prices.

Soon it branched out, with the launch of Big Hollywood, Big Government, Big Journalism and Big Peace, all designed to counter what Breitbart described as the «bully media cabal» that ignored stories at odds with prevailing liberal orthodoxy.

This interpretation runs counter to the oftentimes prevailing view of Samuel, that he is what he is predominantly as a result of his membership in the associated prophetism of the day.

Many of these findings run counter to now - outdated research and prevailing practice wisdom in the field of divorce.

The Festival's main aim, according to the organization's website, is «establish birth as a positive, life affirming and beautiful experience to counter the fear and negative birth stories that often prevail in our society.»

Owoseni recalled that the police had promised to ensure justice prevailed in the murder case, noting that they were not unaware of the allegations and counter allegations Hamburger's murder generated.

Getting in at the sorts of prices that prevail today, however, you would need to see many years of 6.5 percent real returns to counter the negative effect of the huge price drop when it comes.

Predicting your opponent's moves through a mix of recognition and intuition allowed you to break their combo with a swift and stylish counter, so each bout went to - and - fro and the button mashers never prevailed.

AICA - USA member Michael Duncan explores how DeFeo's artistic circle fashioned their own aesthetic as a counter to the formalism they perceived in prevailing postwar artistic hierarchies.

At the Huntington, there is one such painting by William Merritt Chase (1849 — 1916), «The Inner Studio, Tenth Street,» which offers a counter narrative to prevailing interpretations of his work.

Frank Stout is a product of the movement that in the 1950s began to counter the prevailing abstract styles by working with the figure — Alex Katz, Fairfield Porter, Jan Muller, Wolf Kahn, and Bob Thompson were among the leading proponents of this approach.

Fascinated by artifice, he plunged into the prevailing counter culture of 1970s Los Angeles before moving to New York in 1985, where he continues to live and work.

My comment on thermodynamics was intended to counter what seems to be a prevailing notion that global climate models are so complicated we don't understand anything they do.

Today's prevailing paradigm is that «all knowledge is provisional» (although the certainty expressed by some climate scientists runs counter to this).

There was not even then faintest want for illumination of science that counters prevailing group think, every effort was made to close down or cut off unwanted information.

Will Americans for Prosperity, the numeroust Tea Party groups, and other conservation organization get organized to provide a counter demonstration to show Congress the majority of Americans don't support the insane policies put out by Sierra Club, etc. / Unless we can get greater public support, President Obama may prevail in his attempts to stop use of the nation's abundant, economic fossil fuels.

So where law firm productivity runs counter to ethical duty, which would prevail?

It is, according to Rigney about ensuring that Indigenous peoples» «interests, experiences and knowledges [are] at the centre of research methodologies and the construction of knowledge about us», which is necessary to counter the «racialized research industry [which] still prevails in Australia».