Sentences with phrase «dubious merit»

Consider the problem as one for any organization which goes so far as to tell a tale of its «founder» showing Him to have such dubious merit... why would those believers / members do that?

Not that it would even occur to Carmine, a well - meaning boob who takes pride in his calligraphic skills while the rest of the staff gossips and goofs the work day away, and attempts to champion citizen petitions ignored by the Mayor as he looks to cash in on an expensive archeological project with dubious merit.

Such a volume might be spared many pages of our Bible which appear full of dull details and teachings of dubious merit.

Also, each of the question stems has dubious merit itself.

Now, it strikes me as ludicrous for the unions to sit quietly by and share the blame for timid, tepid leadership, or when unions passively take the blame for weak teachers when teacher preparation programs produce graduates of dubious merit.

Both claims are of dubious merit.

Still, it's clear that a combination of pressures to cut the deficit, concerns about food prices and clearer information about the dubious merits of most existing methods of producing ethanol has overcome the political heft of farm states.

Over and over, the dubious merits of using theatrics to focus attention on environmental or animal welfare issues have been on display.

In 2004, Green wrote a paper with notorious climate - change denier Timothy Ball arguing that the scientific models used to predict global warming were «of dubious merit».

The dubious merits of that claim have been widely discussed (see, e.g., here: Levitt on Ghomeshi).

Through aggressive advertising and highly sophisticated client recruitment strategies, plaintiffs» counsel have been able to use the existence of multidistrict proceedings to attract claims of dubious merit.

Second, settlements still remain a frequent method for resolving class actions, even where the lawsuit is of dubious merit or, if more stringent criteria were applied, would not be tried as a class proceeding.

The auto - upscaling feature is of dubious merit, but is a very cool thing to have in your back pocket.

Putting aside the dubious merits of Ira's allegations, what doesn't appear to be in dispute is Wright's rightful place as a key figure at the genesis and early development of Bitcoin.

This conveniently furthers the propagation of the bad science, and it inappropriately encourages lawyers to adopt ideological positions of dubious merit.

I left the business three months prior to obtaining my CRA designation / certification after having been terminated by my employer / sponsor for reasons of dubious merit.

I thought I was being subjected to undue influence by charms of dubious merit... warranty-wise.