Example sentences of "[verb] at odds with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , some sort of appeal to , say , the authority of the government executive ( although in practice often the implicit outcome ) looks at odds with the individualistic framework of neoclassical economics . |
| 2 | Such a concept seemed at odds with the progressive and ameliorative spirit of the age . |
| 3 | The English Copernican John Wilkins also found it necessary to revise concepts of biblical authority in order to make room for scientific propositions that seemed at odds with the plain meaning of Scripture . |
| 4 | The microphone and the evangelical enthusiasm seemed at odds with the orthodox robes and the white beard . |
| 5 | My view about the Matsushita response is simply that the Japanese higher education system generally requires knowledge of English , which seems at odds with the Technics explanation . |
| 6 | Informalisation or permissiveness is seen as involving increasingly less regulation and less formality over rules of conduct , a relaxation in standards that seems at odds with the civilising movement identified by Elias . |
| 7 | The rhetoric of most Third World governments and radical researchers on the damage done by FDI in general and specific TNCs in particular , seems at odds with the almost universal scramble of these same Third World governments advised by ( in some cases ) the same radical researchers to create policies to attract more and more FDI into their countries . |
| 8 | In this respect , the European tradition appeared at odds with the American one . |