Sentences with phrase «somewhat tenuous»

Finally, the positive association between family allocentrism and passion in our study was somewhat tenuous.

iv) Following the aforesaid somewhat tenuous foundation of the availability of contempt to enforce money judgments, our Federal Court of Appeal then more directly ruled on the point.

The somewhat tenuous connection to law — and thus to Slaw — lies in the fact that a number of the University's advisors are lawyers: Jack M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law... [more]

Since the Andy Warhol Museum's longtime director, Eric Shiner, left his position last year, the institution has undergone a somewhat tenuous changing of the guard.

near the Mound on the somewhat tenuous pretext of combining it with a visit to the Taste of Spain event nearby.

The link between Koch and Doyle can occasionally feel somewhat tenuous; the author surely makes more metaphorical use of it than their actual historical intersection can support.

And each group seems to have a somewhat tenuous grasp of what the other does.

So, the most intriguing findings here are also still somewhat tenuous.

There's always been a somewhat tenuous link between sexual appetites and our inherent craving for simple nourishment.

In the short term, the loaning country has «created jobs» in it's homeland, which may or may not positively affect overall income and tax revenues, and has a somewhat tenuous «IOU» from the buyer.

The connection was somewhat tenuous, it veered away from strictly «religious» issues, and only in the last chapter of the book did I venture a few comments suggesting a more «intrinsic» connection between the Christian view of human existence and the nature of human life manifest in Western literature.

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Kean's connections can be tenuous and somewhat reductive — Paganini's thumb alone does not explain his mastery of the violin — but he's crafted a lively read packed with unforgettable details.

The Toyota Avalon has always occupied a sort of tenuous middle ground between the Camry and its Lexus platform mate, the ES, in that it is somewhat larger and nicer than the former, but lacks the brand cache and upscale interior detailing of the latter despite costing nearly as much.