Sentences with phrase «make dubious»

I'm not sure I could get away with a white sofa these days — a 6 - yr - old and two 4 - yr - olds (not twins) make me dubious.

They make the dubious claim that this will avoid increases in carbon dioxide levels.

While money market accounts are often marketed as «better» savings accounts, with higher rates and the option to write checks, money market accounts come with significant caveats and limitations that make them a dubious choice for most consumers.

Baker casts a compassionate and nonjudgmental gaze on every one of his struggling, screwed - up characters, even when they make dubious life choices.

That dating services sometimes make dubious claims should surprise no one, but rarely do their fishy fabrications make headlines.

Fad diets usually have these qualities: They restrict or even eliminate certain foods or food groups, make dubious claims and promise significant weight loss in a short period of time.

That's why those who aren't Young Earth Creationists don't make the dubious distinction of «micro» and «macro» evolution.

The procedures required to execute it are identical with those long since worked out in the quest of the historical Jesus — with the single, if crucial, difference that in this case there is no need to make any dubious inferences about Jesus himself, once the earliest stratum of Christian witness has been reconstructed.

It's always dangerous when preachers, (especially on national TV) make dubious connections between particular acts of particular groups of people, and calamities and natural disasters.

Instead, what my boss saw was a black woman who had made a dubious request for time off to attend a distant relative's funeral and was now sitting next to a box of things he couldn't possibly imagine her needing.

A few people back in the 1890's or something made some dubious statements about race that frequently get thrown in our faces, and it is very hurtful to us because they are not representative of what nearly all Mormons believe — or teach in church.

That alone makes it dubious in terms of historical accuracy.

Sadly most of them include crazy neon colors filled with food dyes that look beautiful but makes me dubious as to how they taste.

But Jackson made some dubious personnel moves, especially deploying all - bench units that lacked shot creation.

A former Tory health minister has sparked a Twitter row by making a dubious comment about disabilities during the Paralympic opening ceremony.

Ruth Davidson made the dubious comparison as she called for an end to the comprehensive system in Scotland.

If Poroshenko makes a dubious statement, wouldn't we ask Poroshenko for clarifications about what he meant, or do we ask Putin to explain to us what Poroshenko really meant to say?

Colloidal silver has been around for well over 100 years, and Silver in a Bottle makes no dubious claims to be anything more than colloidal silver.

That makes him a dubious champion, at best.

Maybe it's the full moon, but authors have been making some dubious judgment calls this week.

Whilst Amelia Sachs, Ron Pulaski, Mel Cooper and Lon Sellitto work at a frantic pace to process the crime scenes and investigate further, and Fred Dellray makes a dubious move to get information from one of his CIs, Rhyme is also monitoring the progress of the possible apprehension in Mexico of Richard Logan aka The Watchmaker.

Apple made the dubious decision to price the iPad Mini starting at $ 329.

Another complication in looking at long - term tornado intensity trends is the fact that the «damage indicators» used to rate tornadoes have recently changed with the adoption of the EF scale, making it dubious to compare tornadoes of the past with those of the present.

APP also missed three self - imposed targets for phasing out logging of natural forests in Sumatra since 2004 and has engaged in a clumsy public relations strategy that at times utilized «astroturfing» approaches and made dubious claims that have been refuted outright by NGOs.

The experience with Washington's carbon tax initiative makes me dubious that so - called «conservatives» will actually support a carbon tax.

You inject your assertion that the low end of sensitivity is less and less likely, and only the absence of evidence for your claim makes it dubious.

The United Nations and the «warmers» are making dubious claims, «conveniently» timed to coincide with a major climate conference in Cancun.

Also, in another complication in assessing long - term tornado intensity trends, the «damage indicators» used to rate tornadoes recently have changed with the adoption of the EF scale, making it dubious to compare tornadoes of the past with those of the present.

The mere fact of the U.S.'s oil - based relations with Africa and the Middle East makes it a dubious critic of China on this point (the UK and France are also suspect finger - pointers).

He dismissed attempts to equate his proposed congestion fee with a tax, lashing out at the federal government for making the dubious connection in refusing to pay London's pricing charge.

The senator recently criticized the agency for releasing a series of white papers on methane emissions which, he argued, made dubious assumptions about the industry and the government's ability to make it more efficient.

I don't doubt Audeze's ability to build and ship the headphones, but Indiegogo's involvement still makes me dubious.

So - called patent trolls stifle innovation and harm our economy by making dubious claims of patent infringement and using the threat of expensive litigation to extort money from small businesses and nonprofits.

Not exact matches

«Yelp has never done this and individuals making such claims are either misinformed, or more typically, have an axe to grind — whether businesses upset that Yelp will not remove reviews they don't like, or unscrupulous internet marketing «experts» trying to make a buck off of honest business owners with dubious reputation management schemes.»

Some believed leadership could make a huge difference in the value of a company, while others were dubious.

That price didn't end up being a direct fine; but tobacco firms were told to issue «corrective statements» in marketing materials — including television ads — to make up for the dubious claims they issued over decades.

Green makes it clear that they're not in the same dubious business as the so - called «buy - here, pay - here» used - car dealers that were the subject of one of comedian John Oliver's recent televised rants — and definitely not in the same line of work as payday loan operators.

But the people making these claims aren't shady salespeople pushing odd herbal remedies or gizmos of dubious effectiveness.

Such an outlook is the consequence of a slowdown in emerging markets due to low commodity prices and the dubious maneuvers made by China that hit European markets hard late in the summer.

Piper Jaffray analyst Christopher Raymond said Regeneron's (REGN) agreement with Express Scripts (ESRX) to improve Praluent access and make it the exclusive PCSK9 on the latter's preferred formulary may «set a somewhat dubious precedent,» but he still sees it as a smart move that can reinvigorate Praluent growth.

«A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a «tax» for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers,» said David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer.

Leave it to marketers to take something fun and make it yet another dubious marketing tactic that makes for a good press release and evidence of being «hip» but not much more.

He added that lawyers at some firms effectively enabled entrepreneurs to take this dubious route with their token sales — a point that SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has made as well.

Combined with a stronger - than - recognized substantive legal justification, this bar on nettlesome litigation should make the likelihood of a successful legal challenge sufficiently dubious to give markets confidence that a Fed program to buy equities could proceed.

Lots of dubious decision - making here, Clark.

It is these aspects of the church: control of the finances of members, control over all aspects of interpersonal relationships, segregation of believers into levels of worthiness, not to mention the dubious credibility of the sole person who made up the entire religion... That make Mormonism look a whole lot more like a cult than a religion.

I'd challenge you to show me any religion or philosophy (including atheism) that does not have in its history some dubious statements made by individuals that nearly all adherents would condemn and condemn harshly.

So we have to think in terms of three groups of «sinners»: Jews who could turn to their heavenly Father in penitence and hope; Gentile sinners for whom hope was dubious, most Jews regarding them as beyond the pale of God's mercy; and Jews who had made themselves as Gentiles, for whom penitence was, if not impossible, certainly almost insurmountably difficult.

Supposedly good people whose presences or actions make life ugly for themselves or others are dubious specimens of goodness.

The dubious provenance of these stories doesn't make them wrong, but we should be wary when a reporter says that he heard someone read a memo written by someone else about something Trump once said.