Sentences with phrase «dubious at»

The idea of «faking it» seems dubious at first, but hear us out.

It seems to reward the flashiest assets, even when their practical applications may be dubious at best.

This claim was dubious at best.

But this method of calculating premium rates is dubious at best.

So maybe they have cleverly hid this fact in the small print of their legal contracts but it is improper and dubious at best.

The merits of the argument are dubious at best and the issue raised by the moving party has no significance beyond this case.

The prospect of buying leads is dubious at best, and at worst — could result in a potential bar complaint.

A quick online search shows at best some cease - and - desist letters, whose legality was considered dubious at the time.

It is politicians and policy makers who have failed to organize a proper global climate control agency, have not articulates a clear strategic vision and whose cap - and - trade policy seems dubious at best.

This is dubious at best, and some in Japan are demanding proof from the government.

In my opinion running a climate model to claim causation is dubious at best.

When the people at Surface 604 offered to send me one for a test drive, I was a bit dubious at first, being a boomer in the city instead of a kid on a mountain.

As a policy tool they are dubious at best, and ridiculous at worst..

They also just lacked plain commonsense, so the rest of your views are likely to be dubious at best.

Picking data by correlations is dubious at best, supposed teleconnections are bizarre, and the divergence problem would effectively rule the whole approach out in any normal branch of science.

I find that dubious at best.

Given what I've seen in the past month in weather station surveys, and looking at the surveys done by others such as Pielke, Taylor, and Niyogi et al, and given the fact that the temperature data used in the study appears to be highly proxyed and filtered, I have no choice but to call conclusions on this paper dubious at best.

Statistical arguments will lose to personal experience and tying this or that bad storm to climate change is scientifically dubious at best.

Cash for Clunkers and the Environment The environmental benefits, as has been noted before, are dubious at best.

It's the premise (that Castro denizens would be so lame as to have «key parties») that I find dubious at best.

Their very name — Electronic Arts in full — actively attempts to promote creativity and ingenuity, despite the fact that, these days, such an assertion is dubious at best.

«While Nintendo's official statement on the matter of Alison Rapp's firing strives to distance the company from anything related to the orchestrated online campaign of harassment and defamation that was raging against her, their timing in dealing with the issue is dubious at best.

The effectiveness of flea control using flea collars is dubious at best.

I agree that the whole process of assigning a risk level is dubious at best.

Now perhaps I have less to criticize him over — he isn't boasting about risk free retroactive profits, or being a significant player in life settlements, two things I find morally dubious at best.

Furthermore the relationship between gdp and stock market returns is dubious at best.

Just because KindleGen 2 promises to convert your books, doesn't mean you should, because the output quality will be dubious at best.

There is the original, and it's perfect... Most of these tablets were powered by Android operating systems, so a solid variety of apps and tools should be available right off the bat, though their quality might be dubious at best.

While they do output ePub files, their quality is generally dubious at best.

I found the idea of a small crossover SUV Mini Cooper to be dubious at best, until I actually drove the Countryman.

The effect, however, can be dubious at certain angles: When viewed from above, the C63 more closely resembles a Mustang or Accord than a $ 72,000 - ish übercoupe.

And the research I did find was dubious at best, seemingly failing to take into account any other factors that could affect the results.

School rating systems (dubious at best), and teacher rating systems (even more dubious) threaten sanctions but offer little support.

Jay's babyface, naïve approach and trusting nature make his survival dubious at best... at least until he hires a grizzled gunslinger named Silas (Michael Fassbender) to act as his guide and protector.

Suffice it to say that, while the reasoning for which they bring Frank back is dubious at best, we're sure glad they did it.

There's a reason that none of these men are in serious relationships and their advice is dubious at best.

What follows is a campaign of graft, bribery and carefully orchestrated manipulation that is ethically dubious at best, impeachable at worst.

I was dubious at first as I have tried cream eye shadows before; this one is excellent.

But other Web health advice can be dubious at best.

Another study published last year found that lower salt consumption actually increased your risk of death from heart disease.2 A review of the available research reveals that much of the science behind the supposed link between salt and high blood pressure is dubious at best.

We pick up a bar and don't bother checking out the label, but if we did, we'd find artificial ingredients and nutritional value that is dubious at best.

George lists a number of observations purportedly supporting multiverse theories that are dubious at best, like evidence that certain constants of nature aren't really constant, evidence in the cosmic microwave background radiation of collisions with other universes or strangely connected space, etc..

Schiltz was dubious at first.

Our defenders fckued up with a high line and standing like statues for a free kick that was dubious at best (but that's no excuse our defending was the issue) and then Cech got it totally wrong with the shot from outside the box.

I thought the whisking was a bit dubious at first, but it really is key.

I admit, I was dubious at first — I've never been one for those kind of gadgets but the Actifry really did work!

When it comes to eating seaweed based dishes, I will admit, I was more than a little dubious at first.

I was a bit dubious at first but I've had them around a month and so far I'm amazed!

Isolated passages are dredged up from the Talmud to give the appearance of Halakhic legitimacy to behavior toward «outsiders» that is dubious at best and downright dishonest at worst.

Besides, the organizational logic of the change in style is dubious at best.