Sentences with phrase «tenuous at»

Marital satisfaction research is tenuous at best.

Unfortunately, the Ecoxbt's wireless connection to our iPhone 5 was tenuous at best.

But make no mistake, the relationship between the two companies is tenuous at best.

Remember: mobile connections can be tenuous at best.

There are useful things that can be said related to Atlantic temperatures, sea level, and water vapour, but the specific circulation link to arctic sea ice is tenuous at best, and completely speculative at worst.

The reason is doesn't burn up is because the atmosphere is so tenuous at that height that it can't transfer enough heat to the solid shell of the space station to have any effect on it.

However, only 37 of the 194 nations meeting at Doha signed on to an extension of Kyoto, and many of their commitments were tenuous at that.

Of course, it is unwise to read much into folks» Facebook Friends, some of my own are tenuous at best, actor Jon Voight and Fox News reporter Jim Angle for example.

The relationship between accuracy and political advantage is tenuous at best.The most vociferous critics of global warming advocates — far - right conservatives — understand this viscerally, instinctively, if not consciously.

1) One could argue your statement is not «conclusively supported by the paleo - data» — one need only argue that C02 levels are a lagging result (rather than leading indicator) of temp change, and your 20,000 year ago glacial maximum as GHG evidence becomes tenuous at best.

I think he still has a way to go (he has commented that the link between CO2 and global warming is «tenuous at best») but nobody is beyond redemption.

Yet his relationship with the city, beginning with his Cooper Union address in 1860, was tenuous at best.

While some of the links may be tenuous at best (looking at you Rumble Pack), it truly does feel like Switch is the culmination of Nintendo's work.

While the connections to the proper Metal Gear mythos are tenuous at best, what's hiding beneath the surface of Metal Gear Survive is one of the greatest titles in the survival genre to ever reach gamers» hands.

To be honest the link is tenuous at best and unless someone told you they're meant to be Street Fighter characters you'd probably not guess.

Some of the missions may feel tenuous at times or downright frustrating, but the story has a military feel, missions are challenging, and it works as a sniper game.

You venture from location to location, the links between each tenuous at best, attempting to discover Vahlen's master plan.

If the company you work for has been laying off employees or your current employment situation is tenuous at best, consider holding off on purchasing a new home.

Even after adjusting for risk (if that is truly possible) the relationship between performance and ability is tenuous at best.

The connection between current economic news and the stock market is tenuous at best.

The correlation is tenuous at best and the implications seem a bit condescending.

Sometimes districts make the mistake of saying, «Let's see if overhauling the HR department has an effect on student test scores,» when that link is tenuous at best, even using state - of - the - art statistical methods.

From a developmental perspective, such an assumption is tenuous at best.

Idaho's Attorney General concluded that a bill to provide tax credits to parents who do not use public schools would likely be constitutional under Idaho's Blaine Amendment because «[t] he credit is not dependent upon payment of money to a sectarian school, and any benefits to parochial schools are tenuous at best.»

The Michigan Supreme Court advised the Legislature that the «State School Aid Bill» allowing the purchase of education services from private schools violates neither the First Amendment nor the first of Michigan's Blaine Amendments (Article I, Section 4) because any support given to religious institutions is tenuous at best.

The difficulty from a policy perspective is that the relationship between readily quantifiable attributes — such as a teacher's highest degree attained or level of experience — and student outcomes is tenuous at best.

,» has been proclaimed as a spiritual sequel to both «Dazed and Confused» and «Boyhood,» and although its connection to the latter is tenuous at best (based solely on the idea that the new film picks up where the other story left off), «Everybody Wants Some!!»

However, thoughts of suicide, anguish over a lost love, has seeped into Ottway's soul, and his grip on the reality around him is tenuous at best.

This was put together in 1974 as a theatrical release in honor of MGM's 50th anniversary, so it's really well put together and hosted by many of the stars who were there at the time (and some whose connection to MGM is tenuous at best — like Paramount's Bing Crosby).

Whether or not this is true is based entirely on the mechanics of the Soul Stone, of which our understanding is tenuous at best.

He is socially inept and doesn't get out much by choice, and his ability to control his mood is tenuous at best, frequently resulting in an outburst of insults, destructive vandalism, or uncontrollable sobbing.

Recognition never hurts, but the correlation between BAFTA and the Television Academy is tenuous at best.

I can also spot poor experimental and clinical trial design and methodologically flawed studies — and I know that the evidence for cause and effect in humans is incredibly tenuous at best.

«The science behind the cancer - coffee - connection in humans is tenuous at best,» Heller said.

«The proposed link between A. sediba and early Homo is forced and tenuous at best,» asserts William L. Jungers of Stony Brook University, noting that alleged skeletal similarities are not very compelling.

As for the plan's chances in the Legislature and being approved in the final budget deal, Cuomo said: «It is tenuous at best right now across the board.»

But the first batch of more than 50 requests forwarded to City Hall, and obtained by the AP, reveal many in which the «sensitivity or controversy» for the mayor's office is tenuous at best.

«It's tenuous at best right now — across the board,» he said, when asked if the GOP - controlled state Senate was on board.

The chances of congestion pricing being enacted this year are «tenuous at best» — but there's still a chance for a «phased in» plan, Gov. Cuomo said Friday.

The chances of congestion pricing being enacted this year are «tenuous at best» — but there's still a chance for a «phased in» plan, Cuomo said.

The link between the chains he was sporting and the «links» he was hoping to advertise is tenuous at best.

So the belief / evaluation we are sleep obsessed based on poor sales of books on racism is tenuous at best, propagandaist at worst.

While we entered the day dreaming of second place, the reality is that Roma's grasp on third is tenuous at best.

The stability of the former slave state was tenuous at best while the gold - masked Sons of the Harpy murdered citizens and Unsullied alike, a situation that could worsen with Queen Daenerys skipping town (and escaping assassination) by taking flight on one of her dragons.

However, other than the festive green colour of this pie, any relation to the holiday, country of origin, or leprechauns at the end of rainbows are tenuous at best (and quite possibly... [Read more...]

While military supremacy may discourage predator powers and military weakness encourage them, national influence suspended only on military advantage is tenuous at best.

Even for those women who enthusiastically embrace marriage and motherhood... a substantial part of their lives is without a husband and / or children... Furthermore, the traditional message to women is tenuous at best — all it takes is a single tragic phone call for her to be dropped from that demographic.

The status of entities that can not be data for human sense experience has been tenuous at best.

Bucky Your statement is not true and your own grasp of science is tenuous at best.

Pakistan's political stability is tenuous at best.