Примеры употребления для (to be) at variance
1. Cosseted The extreme indulgence of the police towards a suspect seems (to be) at variance with their rough behaviour in storming a house last Friday in the East End of London.
2. This is well and good, but there are two points to make here: 1) the fact that such references confirm the most advanced scientific knowledge proves nothing more than what we already accept, namely, that the Qur’an is revealed by God who has perfect, absolute and unlimited knowledge; and 2) if human knowledge happens (to be) at variance with what the Qur’an states, then the Qur’an is true and our knowledge is suspect and will inevitably prove to be faulty.