Sentences with phrase «scepticism at»

In a recent case called Colley v. Colley, Mr. Justice Quinn — who has an established history of writing interesting decisions as judge for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice — expressed some healthy scepticism at the story by a wife who was now living with another man.

And these guys complain about calibration of thermometers It's amusing to see selective scepticism at work.

One - sided scepticism is no scepticism at all,» he said.

Some on Reddit have expressed scepticism at the odds, hypothesising that they've been turned up for Perfect World's Chinese version of the game.

Looking at the overall ebook sector, Bohme expressed scepticism at the claim earlier this week from accountants PriceWaterhouseCoopers that the ebook would overtake the physical book by 2018.

Tim Shipman, in the Daily Mail, warns that «disgruntled backbenchers voiced scepticism at [David Cameron's] plans for an agreement with Nick Clegg and urged him to change his leadership style, complaining that key decisions are taken by a clique around the leader.»

Not exact matches

German Foreign Minister Frank - Walter Steinmeier said last week at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Turkey that he expected UN approval to be forthcoming, with Russia overcoming initial scepticism.

I recall very well how much scepticism we encountered at the time.

But one thing is certain — despite all the groundbreaking reforms made by Facebook for data privacy, users will use the platform with more scepticism or not use at all.

She wouldn't have attracted nearly as much scepticism and pious horror by doing so, and many people would have been sympathetic; in private, at least.

Eriksson's arrival at County has been surrounded with scepticism to how long he will stay at the club, as he has refused to rule out a return to management.

«At the start, in the first season, there was a lot of scepticism around him.

Ever since he bought into the club in 2007 the American has been looked at with great scepticism by most at Arsenal.

The media have been urging United to splash the cash in January on a new central midfielder, an area they are especially lacking in, so Sir Alex's decision to opt for a former Red Devil, who at 35 struggled for appearances last season, has been greeted with obvious scepticism.

But no - one can deny Ranieri's side their remarkable workrate and supreme team spirit as the entire squad, including many players who were written off with other clubs, came together to form a indefatigable bond, seizing their chance under a manager who was greeted when he arrived last summer with some scepticism after a patchy career but who proved that experience is invaluable after spells at the likes of Chelsea, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Inter Milan.

I confess to arriving at the event in Berkshire on a glorious Friday morning with a degree of scepticism.

At that time, the displaced people, ex-combatants, military officials, indigenous leaders and other local people I spoke to greeted the news with deep scepticism.

The BHA opposes state funding of Steiner schools because of concerns about pseudoscience on the curriculum (including scepticism of evolution and vaccinations and support for homeopathy), homeopathy being given to pupils by the schools» «anthroposophical doctors», and the fact that a number of private and at least one state school has opted out of providing vaccinations.

At the same time, Cernuschi expressed scepticism towards the co-operative model advanced by the majority of republicans in the 1850s and1860s such as Vacherot.

However, many of the proposals have been met with scepticism, and the RAC Foundation questioned in particular the plans to allow vehicles to turn left at a red light, saying they could be very dangerous in a big city such as London.

At the same time, people's general experience is «evidence», too, and shouldn't be dismissed simply because it hasn't been quantified by statistics which, as I have already suggested, tend to induce bouts of scepticism anyway.

«Overall, the results reveal a high degree of scepticism among this elite survey of those most interested in the subject at the way defence is being handled,» Rusi director - general Michael Clarke said.

The BHA has long - standing concerns about Steiner schools including pseudoscience on the curriculum (including scepticism of evolution and vaccinations and support for homeopathy), homeopathy being given to pupils by the schools» «anthroposophical doctors», and the fact that a number of private and at least one state school has opted out of providing vaccinations.

With suitable scepticism over the use of cannabis falling we must also look at the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) figures for cannabis farms which has seen a 15 % increase in domestic farms with 3,032 in 2008 compared to 7,865 in 2011.

«The truth is at the time of the BSkyB bid, I suppose like most journalists I viewed public affairs and lobbyists with slight scepticism,» she said.

The shadow chancellor's well - received speech today further reveals his scepticism towards HS2 - at odds with his «friend» Ed Miliband's point of view

Take a look at the scepticism surrounding climate change.

Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.»

Despite my long track record of Euro - scepticism dating back to my opposition of Maastricht at University, with my contemporary Dan Hannan, UKIP decided to field a candidate.

But at the same time we need a strong and clear «right - wing» stance on things like crime and law & order, security, backing the traditional family and marriage, and of course clear EU - scepticism - better - off out.

David Cameron welcomed a proposal to put Syria's chemical arsenal out of Mr Assad's reach, although the White House, equally surprised at the offer, urged scepticism.»

He said scepticism was «healthy» but «often the term «Eurosceptic» in reality became synonymous with «anti-European» and I am not anti-European at all, I want to see close and progressive cooperation with the whole of Europe after Brexit».

Jakob Back, vice-president of the concizumab project at Novo Nordisk, understands the scepticism.

Robert Zatorre, a neuroscientist at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, also expresses scepticism that cultural influences are dominant in musical preferences.

At New Scientist, he continued his campaigning and infected a younger generation of journalists with a strong scepticism for the inflated claims drugs companies made about their products.

CLIMATE scepticism is on the rise, boosted in large part by the hacked emails originating from the «climategate» scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK, and by the carelessness of fact checkers for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Republicans in the House of Representatives have repeatedly pushed NOAA to focus on weather at the expense of research on climate and oceans, driven in part by their scepticism of human - driven climate change.

So I think my scepticism derives from the fact that if you ignore history, which we are doing, then to understand the present and the future we're doing that very much at our peril.

The gauche remarks of the beaver and — at least this how it felt in the press screening — a prevailing scepticism of mental illness, means the film raises more laughs than you'd expect — and more than are appropriate — for a film about depression.

Her liquid brown eyes gaze at her coterie of lovers or would - be paramours with a mysterious brew of vulnerability, scepticism and intrigue.

We know that there'll be scepticism and cynicism in some quarters about this update of a beloved institution, but here at Empire Towers, we're genuinely enthused and excited by the prospect.

When an initiative like this was introduced at one of my previous schools, it was initially greeted with scepticism — but that rapidly vanished.

They both worry that schools are looking at this new subject with some scepticism and deciding that there are other priorities when budgets are tight.

When the California debuted at last year's Paris show, it was greeted with more than a little scepticism.

We have an intense sense of empathy for our fellow man, and an inquisitive scepticism that leaves us questioning the world around us and rarely taking anything at face value.

We have an intense sense of empathy for our fellow man, and an inquisitive scepticism that leaves us questioning the world around us and rarely taking anything at face...

Gareth's healthy scepticism and willingness to ask the questions no one wants to ask make for lively team discussions — especially at the odd hours required to co-ordinate Sydney, New York and Vienna, where he lives with his wife and son.

If I had to make a prediction, it very much sounds like Borderlands 3 won't be appearing at E3 this year, though Pitchford's weirdly muddled answer does lead room for scepticism about what Gearbox has up its sleeve for next month.

«At the beginning there was scepticism and worry and mistrust,» said Cox.

Makise Kurisu An extremely talented neuroscience researcher at an American University, Kurisu is drawn into Okabe's world because of her scepticism of his experiments.