Sentences with phrase «sceptical over»

Certainly it's still comparatively early days for private practice and many lawyers — particularly disputes lawyers — are still sceptical over how far eSignatures can go in their practice.

«We have seen scheme after scheme fail and observers are bound to remain sceptical over the latest plans.

Headteacher, Alex Lundie, at Broadmead Infant's School, Croydon, was initially sceptical over the Rose Report recommendations but saw results.

But with the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, and the attorney - general, Dominic Grieve, both believed to be sceptical over their effectiveness, it is believed that fresh complications have emerged in the internal Whitehall debate over their future.

However, fans will be extremely sceptical over his last spell in England with Blackburn Rovers and at 29 - years - old his asking price is incredibly off - putting, especially with Manchester City's Kelechi Iheanacho available for the same price, at only 20 - years - old.

There is a fair chance Liverpool received more than the initial # 16m that Barca were looking to pay towards Coutinho in August but colour me sceptical over the Catalans finding another # 90m in the space of four - and - a-half months to pay an up - front payment of # 106m.

Not exact matches

I have celiac disease and love to cook so, always looking for great recipes to add to my arsenal so my sceptical of good tasting gf food family will be won over.

I was a bit sceptical by the end of last season and thought that we'd have a Ramsey situation (2013) all over again, but watching him today I couldn't help but to accept that we just might have the best DM in the Premier League, and maybe, just maybe, the best DM in Europe.

New Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish endeared himself to a sceptical home crowd by masterminding a 3 - 1 victory over Blackburn Rovers.

While it would be wrong to suggest that the public is anti-business (as Ed Miliband found), it would be reasonable to say that the public is sceptical about the way many businesses operate — not just over things like how much tax they pay, but generally in how they treat they people.

Mike Jones, the Conservative leader of Cheshire West and Cheshire Council and a senior figure in the Local Government Association, has reason to raise a sceptical eyebrow at how the details of the Government's compromise scheme over home extensions will work.

Such a thing has happened before in this parliament, on Europe and on Lords reform, and some of the Tories» most regular rebels are again on the sceptical wing over Syria.

Npower has blamed rising wholesale prices - up 66 per cent for electricity and 60 per cent for gas over the last year - but ministers are sceptical this cost has to be borne by consumers so swiftly.

In addition to academic activities, he frequently appears on radio and television casting a sceptical eye over paranormal claims.

Over at Nick Robinson's blog, the BBC political editor seems sceptical about Lib Dem president Tim Farron's characterisation of the coalition as a marriage heading for divorce.

Labour politicians, some anxious to keep their own pet policies in the spotlight, were sceptical and argued endlessly over what the key promises should be.

Although the Conservative rebellion is expected to be far smaller than originally predicted after Mrs May and Mr Cameron launched a campaign to win over sceptical backbenchers about 40 MPs are still expected to vote against the arrest warrant.

When asked if he had an opinion on the bid, Clegg said he was «open - minded but sceptical» over the BSkyB bid.

People in Rachel Reeves» constituency are aware of tensions over immigration but sceptical about claim that area could «explode»

«Some farmers were very sceptical of entomologists telling them they needed to maintain non-Bt corn so they could grow corn borers,» says Hutchison, «but over 14 years it's been very successful.»

Over the past few years, several US states and local school boards have introduced measures that would mean teachers must include the views of those who are sceptical of a human influence on climate change in science lessons.

In the heated debate over the dating of the arrival of the first Americans, for example, Bruhns steers a sceptical course.

Carbon traders are increasingly sceptical that major new cap - and - trade schemes will emerge over the next five years, although they remain bullish over the prospects for existing carbon trading schemes...

I haven't ordered a dress from here before and am usually sceptical from online sites due to my hourglass shape small running sizes wont go over my bum!

A timetabler himself, with over ten years» experience in previous roles, Dr Mangan was initially sceptical about outsourcing the timetable.

Durheimer admitted that he had been among the group of senior managers within Porsche that was sceptical of performance diesels, but said the rate of development of technical development — and the fact diesels can now «sound and feel» like petrol models — had won him over.

The snug and cosy Monaco GP sport seats will win over even the most a sceptical spouse.

In the 30 May 2008 article Inflation Not The Problem Albert Edwards and James Montier explain why they are sceptical of all the market commentators saying that the worse market decline of the recession was over.

For anyone who might find the incredibly positive score to be surprising and remains sceptical of the heights this game is expected to reach, or for anyone who salivates over every single bit of information leaked to the public you might be interested to read the following quote from reviewer John Hicks:

As someone who was categorically on the sceptical side of the fence, I have to admit that I was absolutely blown away over the course of my five - plus hours with the game.

I hope I'm not just speaking for myself if I say that it has already proved its usefulness many times over, by prompting me to pay more attention to, and to cultivate, the sceptical inner voice I could never quite manage to ignore, back when I was busily trying to convince myself that Basil Beattie and Mary Heilmann were standard - bearers for the future of abstract painting.

Here is just one sceptical response to Nordhaus: 1) «The finding that global temperatures are rising over the last century - plus is one of the most robust findings of climate science and statistics.»

(Not that Judith is saying that per se, but I hope that it will prompt the kind of closer look which has over the years led many who came to blogs like CA and CE out of concern at CAGW to become increasingly sceptical of the case for expensive counter-measures.)

Over the years, the more I learned, the more sceptical I became, I don't believe at this stage that the massive economic costs incurred by proposed anti-AGW policies can be justified, and that if it is proven to be a serious issue, then dealing with it is better deferred until economic growth and potential technological breakthroughs would make the cost more feasible, if and only if it had been demonstrated that (a) AGW were real; (b) the costs of inaction were enormous; and (c) the costs of action would bring commensurate benefits, e.g. would stop or long defer dangerous warming.

He approves of «glacier viewing» from a distance but is more sceptical of allowing tourists to walk over glaciers.

The worst part with diesel is that there were a large body of sceptical advisers that tried to put over that, even twenty years ago, the harmful particulates in diesel were well known.

2010 has been great entertainment for me, I was sceptical before climategate, and suspected a fake at first, then read the email over christmas.

Over a hundred years ago Hilaire Belloc described a (firm, but fair) British Imperialist, besieged on a hillock by hordes of sceptical natives, saying under his breath: «Whatever happens, we have got the Maxim gun, and they have not.»

However, over the last ten years as I have read more, listened more and struggled to keep an open mind, I find my stance is less extreme but I remain sceptical of the motives and intentions of the AGW lobbyists.

What about those of us who are sceptical but don't read «anti-science ideologues», don't listen to «pseudo-scientists and non-scientists» and wouldn't know denialist info - tainment if we fell over it?

In the United States, over a third of climate articles published during the study period in selected newspapers reported sceptical standpoints while less [continue reading...]

Randol also recommended the Bush administration replace «Clinton / Gore carry - overs» who had «aggressive agendas» with sceptical scientists Richard Lindzen and John Christy.

So, it is patently obvious what is going on and now we've seen so many well substantiated incidents of data manipulation that unless or until you hand over the raw data to the public or at least some body that if anything is sceptical about warming, then no one will ever believe these non-science records again.

The British public has become more sceptical about climate change over the last five years, according to a survey.

Add to that the fact that some of the most widely cited validation studies (eg Mann) appear to have question marks over their methodology, and I believe it is only rational to remain sceptical, at least as regards the extent of AGW.

Over at SCEPTICAL SCIENCE they went bananas!!

Then, in 2005, Kevin Keays, an assembly line worker at the Honda Plant in Alliston, Ontario, was fired in the midst of a battle over Honda's sceptical efforts to accommodate his chronic fatigue syndrome.

There are several people around the world from the financial world who are still sceptical about cryptocurrencies, claiming that the impressive increase of last year was only another of the numerous bubbles experienced over the years and that it was going to come to nothing in the end.

It's well - made and attractive, but with the battery having dropped to 80 per cent after just over a week of use, we're very sceptical about Ring's claims that it can handle up to 12 months of usage.