Sentences with phrase «of uncertain origins»

He called several equine rescue organizations and pleaded for help, but no one was interested in the plight of three scraggly - looking equines of uncertain origins.

Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who «temporarily» parked her van in writer Alan Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

One of the most unusual members of the hound group is the otterhound, a hardy, tousled scenthound of uncertain origin.

100 % Kona coffee is the real thing — not a component of a «mystery blend» of lower quality coffee of uncertain origin.

While giving the impression of being based on peer - reviewed science, much of the material presented is either out - of - date, already discredited or of uncertain origin.

Not exact matches

I do not know if I am right to infer this type of argument from momoya when she proposes alternate theories about the origin of the universe, or that by extension she would simply suggest that understanding the origin of ever more complex bodies is even more daunting and uncertain, so why pretend we know?

The origin of the name is uncertain, but one thing is sure, this cake has been baked for generations.

A fraction of polluted white dwarfs showed signs of surrounding debris disks, but the origin of the disks was uncertain.

How do you judge a model for the origin of life when its underlying assumptions are so uncertain?

They also devised a simplified set of about 30 DNA markers that zookeepers or primatologists could use to determine the origins of a chimpanzee with uncertain heritage.

Although the diversity of sponges and their uncertain phylogeny make it doubtful that any single species can reveal the intricacies of early animal evolution, comparison of the A. queenslandica draft genome with sequences from other species can provide a conservative estimate of the genome of the common ancestor of all animals and the timing and nature of the genomic events that led to the origin and early evolution of animal lineages.

Its origins are uncertain, but, as Andrea Nguyen, the author of The Pho Cookbook, says, «it was genius make - do cooking» that's ever - evolving and attracting more and more fans.

The exact origins of the Newfoundland dogs are uncertain.

The origin of the Persian is uncertain.

The exact origin of the breed is uncertain.

This particular stunning small dog may be noticed in art physical objects dating back so far as 3,000 years, the actual Maltese teacup pet dog breed's precise origins tend to be uncertain — they might have acquired their name in the Island of Malta, or in the Italian city of Militia.

The origin of the word «beagle» is uncertain.

The precise origin of Maine Coon cats remains uncertain.

Although the true origins of the founders remain uncertain, in chronicles written after the Spanish Conquest the founders of Chichen Itza were always identified as a group of «foreigners».

In Origin of The Species subtitled «An exploration into the nature of the world via the extraordinary S, who lives in the wilderness», we hear S. musing on his immediate world and the wider universe: on evolution, quantum physics, and the uncertain future of the human race, while Rivers's camera explores his wooden hut, his drawings for inventions and the bracken filled woods that surround him.

Artist: Arshile Gorky (1904 - 48), one of the greatest American painters, was so uncertain about how to make sense of his Armenian origins that he adopted a Russian name, telling people he was the nephew of the writer Maxim Gorky - implausibly, since this was a pen name.

And although the origin of HIV - 1 remains uncertain, viruses related to HIV - 1 have been isolated from the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), as well as two African chimpanzee subspecies (the central P. t. troglodytes and the eastern P. t. schweinfurthii).

More accurately, we can avoid the use of the ambiguous word «uncertain» (which takes on many different meanings depending on context, and most of them are not scientific in origin) by restating your example in the terms of «normal science».

The nature and origin of the AMO is uncertain, and it remains unknown whether it represents a persistent periodic driver in the climate system, or merely a transient feature.

It is a bit surprising that scientists attempt to write a supposedly «serious» paper estimating degree of the climate's natural against the anthropogenic change with this state of knowledge: The nature and origin of the AMO is uncertain, and it remains unknown whether it represents a persistent periodic driver in the climate system, or merely a transient feature.

The records the Nature paper (start date of 1930) therefore have uncertain origins.

In the stuffy words of the old (not updated) OED definition: a scrounger, a bluffer, a cadger; smooth talking is the theme here — to blag — origin uncertain, like all the best words, but maybe related to French blague, or joke.

«Peevish,» like a lot of good words, has uncertain origins.

The origin of the name «Bloomfield» is uncertain.

Etymology The origin of the name is uncertain.