Sentences with phrase «sceptical as»

With domotica I've remained pretty sceptical as I have trouble seeing the use of a smart speaker, a smart fridge or even smart lighting.

I'm an ex AGW believer who has become more and more sceptical as I've read alternative views on web blogs that have started up and which are unfortunately the only way that the sceptic message can be got across.

Yeah, I know, I was a sceptical as hell when I first read it but you can check it out.

I am sceptical as to how useful it is to consider just one element of how the atmosphere may work ignoring other factors which are known to exist and which in some circumstances are definitely more important factors (I have in mind convection, evaporation etc).

I appreciate your approach, but I'm sceptical as to its effectiveness.

Open minded in the beginning but increasingly sceptical as the deficiencies of the scientific method as applied by climate scientists unfolded.

Myron Ebell, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said: «I think climategate is nowhere near done and people will become more sceptical as they find out more and more about how these conclusions were not based on science but were in fact based on political calculation.»

An overwhelming majority of geologists are sceptical as to whether carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have much of an impact on climate change.

Opinion polls show that the public is becoming more and more sceptical as regards the magnitude of the threat of climate change.

This is the only reference I've been able to find that is as sceptical as I feel about the possible outcome of this investigation.

Rob, who referred to TreeHugger as his source for green stats (although he is a bit sceptical as to whether we always get our facts right?!)

Guerilla Games have promised free downloadable content such as extra maps and plan to add features like voice chat and clan support later, but we are sceptical as to how far these additions will go in ensuring that Killzone: Shadow Fall becomes anything more than what is now, a rather hollow, run of the mill shooter.

Still, I was a little sceptical as to whether or not the hardware could handle the game all that well, especially since it's in its early days.

Knowing I was going to play this game, I was admittedly sceptical as «cutie cutie» games don't really interest me and I find them to be uninteresting and unappealing.

Considering the vast price increase I was sceptical as to whether they could actually deliver enough of an audio quality increase to make me or any other game consider spending that amount of cash.

Guerilla Games have promised free downloadable content such as extra maps and plan to add features like voice chat and clan support later, but we are sceptical as to how far these additions will go in ensuring that Killzone: Shadow Fall becomes anything more than what is now, a rather hollow, run of the mill shooter.

I remained pretty sceptical as I tried pof and okcupid.

I think the technology is fantastic / impressive but I am sceptical as to whether it takes away a key essence of Instagram.

I'm very sceptical as to whether New Labour's cuts / tax increase budget (whenever it came) would have been much more progressive.

If you had stated Gazidis had lied to the fans I would be just as sceptical as I am with Wenger.

Set the option to pizza dough and repeated this step twice (kneading / proofing / resting) and did not take the dough out of the breadmaker and when the dough rose to a big ball (I was sceptical as to whether it would work), I selected bake option and lo and behold a lovely fluffy loaf.

I made this tonight for my family, and my dad was a bit sceptical as in his eyes healthy doesn't mean tasty.

When Brown pulls back the curtain on how susceptible we are to being fooled, it's only natural for his audience to be left as sceptical as he is about the supernatural.

Not exact matches

There are some similarities between Melenchon's platform and Le Pen's, as both are sceptical of the EU and globalisation, but they differ sharply on other issues including migration.

Many people are sceptical about its feasibility, and some (like Bill Gates) are openly contemptuous of it as a vanity project for high - IQ nerds.

«I'm sceptical that the People's Bank will really tighten conditions as much as people are expecting,» he said.

Julian Evans - Pritchard, a China economist at Capital Economics, said on Friday that he was sceptical that China's inflation would pick up much from here as the rise in producer prices was due to a rebound in commodity prices, which may not be sustainable.

But nonetheless we do regularly visit new companies in new lands, and as long as you maintain a sceptical mindset the pluses tend to outweigh the minuses.

Filmmaker Wilson counts himself as an example of this: «I was pretty sceptical about all this stuff before I started making movies.

He told Premier: «Other countries maybe if they have more of sceptical approach to working with refugees, depending on what governments in place may see it as a threat or a challenge and may not be as amenable to it.»

The first century was a sceptical age, when miracles were viewed as part of the glorious past.

It found that out of the subscribers who described themselves as either «curious» or «sceptical» about Christianity:

As the cautionary principle in all applications of science has been grossly abused by commercial giants in all fields of science, the church will not hasten to reassure a rightly sceptical public.

Prof Crook is sceptical of the speculative futures (dystopian or otherwise) envisaged by sci - fi films where an AI «singularity» occurs and machines become self - aware as they transcend the intelligence of their human creators.

[1] The Pope sees his proposal in the context of his whole pontificate as a commitment by the Church to «lead people out of the desert» [2] of «a profound crisis of faith» (Porta Fidei, 2), but there is also a sceptical challenge from those who perceive an intent to impose a backward - looking theology, a «hermeneutic of retrenchment».

Ally was very sceptical with the Christian case but not nearly as critical of the Islamic perspective.

Although many of the British intelligentsia felt that in view of the advance of human knowledge they could no longer be Christians and, as we have seen, much of literature and thought was religiously sceptical, some widely influential figures in prose and poetry remained unashamedly Christian.

The culture we live in is becoming increasingly sceptical about it, with entertainers such as Derren Brown making a living out of showing how suggestible we are, and how likely we are to think that things are supernatural when they're not.

I tend to be a little sceptical about oil - free baking as I've had some chewy, tasteless oil - free muffins and cookies in my time... but these chocolate - y little gems were moist and perfectly flavourful (See bottom of this post for the recipe!).

As a swede moving to Denmark I was a bit sceptical about the whole chocolate - on - dark - bread combination in the beginning.

Having recently converted to vegan I was sceptical that I would find a vegan cookie recipe as good as this.

James Mackenzie, political media consultant for the HYGTB campaign said the packaging industry was, in his view, among the most sceptical of DRS but he was hopeful that it will eventually see it as a normal part of doing business.

James Mackenzie, political media consultant for the HYGTB campaign said the packaging industry were, in his view, among the most sceptical of DRS but he was hopeful that they will eventually see it as a normal part of doing business.

As said, I was very sceptical about cooking sweet potato in a toaster.

The only risks that could be consider would be Lucas and Dembele for sceptical ones among us; but Lucas is hungry, he was as consider as Neymar contender in Brazil, he has anger to fullfil his incredible talen't's full potential, his talent not to be questioned and only 25 with 2 past season not happy Dembele is same somehow, nager to prove he is the best in his generation at this position... he is 21 and just that, ahead.

I was sceptical of his appointment as manager but felt he should at least be given the benefit of the doubt.

His strike rate is another reason for fans to be sceptical, as they were hoping for a world class forward with a fantastic scoring record to come into the club during the transfer window.

Arsenal fans are well used to seeing all sorts of dodgy transfer rumours as our club is the subject of more than most, so like me you may well be a touch sceptical about the report in the Daily Mail suggesting that we might be able to sign the brilliant Poland international striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich.

I was bit sceptical with him coming on at the expense of Coquelin as we had no recognized defensive midfielder but the his forward thinking play was what got Arsenal's dream almost becoming a reality.

Young fathers often have to prove to sceptical adults, such as health visitors, that male and teenage doesn't automatically add up to useless.