1. A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.

2. 'Permanent revolution' is a contradiction in terms.

3. The idea is almost a contradiction in terms.

4. A 'nomad settlement' is a contradiction in terms.

5. Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.

6. The state-imposed marketisation of the Thatcherites was a contradiction in terms.

7. A complaining Christian is a contradiction in terms.

8. It is a contradiction in terms.

9. A true woman is a contradiction in terms.

10. An angelical fiend is a contradiction in terms.

11. It'sounds like a contradiction in terms.

12. Business entertaining is a contradiction in terms.

13. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.

14. A contradiction in terms, The New River is the oldest river in the western hemisphere.

15. Free verse is like free love; it is contradiction in terms.

16. Many people think that an honest politician is a contradiction in terms.

17. It is just too easy to dismiss the idea of ethical business as a contradiction in terms.

18. Indeed the idea of civil service leadership is a contradiction in terms within a democracy.

19. Clearly, an unreflective or uncritical citizenry would be highly undesirable as well as, strictly speaking, a contradiction in terms.

20. The problem is that there's little to offer in between; high street quality seems almost a contradiction in terms.

21. I shall suggest that there is a sense in which the very notion of a homosexual sensibility is a contradiction in terms.

22. One may say that socialist market economy is a contradiction in terms.

23. The most important instrument of dirigisme is subsidy, even though subsidy in a free market in a contradiction in terms.

24. In our business, the phrase "harmless error" is a contradiction in terms.

25. It is sometimes argued that a science of religion is a contradiction in terms.

26. A sudden snow flurry gives Nathan his first-ever view - if that is not a contradiction in terms - of a white-out.

27. He also dismissed Climate Justice Action's description of their tactics as a contradiction in terms.

28. You can't call a hedgehog cuddly – that's a contradiction in terms!

29. Hard , harsh , cold - hearted holiness is a contradiction in terms.

30. You can't call a hedgehog cuddly – that is a contradiction in terms!