Now this may sound contradictory to you.

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

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

The State practice related to international transport agreements is contradictory.

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.

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

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.

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.

Finally, as world leaders gather in Rome, the international community must secure a meaningful global commitment to food security that will not be undermined by contradictory policies.

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

After Arutyuniantz was apprehended, Garushyantz admitted that he had lied about Arutyuniantz committing the murders, in the hope that Arutyuniantz would not be apprehended and therefore offer no contradictory testimony.

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

My delegation joined the consensus on operative paragraph 4 (a) of the draft resolution on the understanding that it would not be contradictory to the very religious beliefs and principles to which it refers.

2.4 The author appealed to the Supreme Court, alleging errors in the assessment of the evidence and violation of the right to be presumed innocent, based on the allegedly contradictory testimonies of the victims.

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

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.

Ms. Khan said there seemed to be some contradictory information regarding health for example, although women had a longer life expectancy than men, they represented only 47 per cent of population and she wondered how their apparently higher mortality rate could be explained.

And how we tell stories visually, with music, with actors, and at each level it's a different sense and sometimes contradictory to each other.

Finally, the Court of Appeal rejected the lower court's argument that a referral to arbitration of only some of the causes of action brought before it could be inconvenient , as there would be two suits at the same time, with the risk of contradictory findings.

He sends different diplomats into negotiations with contradictory instructions. Each claims to be acting with the Supreme Leader s full authority, but ultimately are unable to make commitments because they have little idea of what Khamenei wants to do.

Let me just focus on two of the most contradictory discussions, the scope of the treaty and the necessity or the possibility of a verification regime.

Both countries are his neighbors, and in theory at least, their leaders are his ideological soul mates. But the differences between the modern and archaic left, and the three countries contradictory national interests, seem to be trumping more superficial political affinities.

On one side, the United States increased the intensity of sanctions, but on the other side, it asked for the dialogue. Undoubtedly, its actions were self contradictory.

However, Gallagher suggested that such contradictory thinking to the OST has not yet translated into official policy and is likely to face public objection within the US.

We also note that the alleged bandwagon and underdog effects are mutually contradictory, and further stress the unusually long period of 23 days required by the law.

As recognized by Robert Chambers and Jethro Petit These fine ideals stand in contrast to a development landscape littered by failure, corruption, secrecy, greed and contradictory motives.

The problem with Obama s America is rooted in the contradictory nature of his leadership. Obama has distanced himself from the US mission to liberate the world by force.

After arduous discussions and considerable delay due to procedural manoeuvring and sometimes contradictory feedback from the Syrian authorities, a location was determined for the questioning of five Syrian officials.

The decision was based on the finding that the author's account was vague, contradictory and or inconsistent, and was not supported by the evidence presented by her in court.

To work against trafficking without simultaneous work to end the prostitution of women is ineffective and contradictory because it fails to understand the nature of systemic oppression of women.

The report pointed out that this request was obviously contradictory to the statement made by David Lidington, the British Cabinet Office Secretary, during his visit to Dublin three days later.

To be precise, two overriding EU security interests are at stake avoiding a war with Iran and preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power. These two apparently contradictory interests can be reconciled and translated into a common strategy by adopting a three pronged approach based on efficient isolation, effective containment, and direct negotiations.

4.12 The State party draws the Committee's attention to the contradictory nature of the statements made by the complainant during the interview and those subsequently made by counsel on his behalf.

An earlier application to the Supreme Court on the same grounds was dismissed on 10 September 1993 for lack of competence to render judgement due to the existence of contradictory jurisprudence .

To be sure, it seems contradictory to some people that Yahoo!, an online business, requires its employees to be physically present in the company s offices. But most of the money and talent in this industry already seem to concentrate physically in one small part of the United States, between San Francisco and San Jose.

This geographical imbalance requires an ordered system of trade, clear regulations, and a well structured global market. Today, however, opaque bilateral agreements abound, and very different environmental requirements and contradictory subsidies coexist.

The processes of the establishment of a multipolar world order and economic globalization, which are major trends in the contemporary stage of mankind's development, are transpiring in an uneven and contradictory manner.

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.

Others, however, see a Chinese strategy that is confused, contradictory, and paralyzed by competing bureaucratic interests. They point to the negative results of China s more assertive policies since the economic crisis of 2008.

All the same, I applaud Sonia Gandhi for her commitment to appointing a woman to this important position. In a country full of contradictory attitudes toward women ranging from the worship of the powerful goddess Durga to the killing of innocent young brides such gestures can be very powerful.

Neo conservatism thus cannot be reduced to advocacy of the free market or right wing populism, since its ideological specificity consists in the fusion of these contradictory outlooks. The question was how to package elites interest in free market capitalism with the provincial temperament of a parochial constituency.

Drafted by a group of experts in 1957, under the auspices of the country s former British rulers, the constitution includes two seemingly contradictory clauses. On the one hand, Article 3 states that Islam is the religion of the federation, and that only Islam can be preached to Muslims.