Sentences with phrase «were skeptical about spending»

Before now, many investors were skeptical about spending their hard - earned cash on bitcoins — because only few understood how bitcoin investment works and why it is worth giving a shot.

I have been skeptical about spending around $ 28K on a Hyundai.

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It doesn't have to be a costly graduate degree; as a matter of fact the generation is skeptical about the value of spending and borrowing big bucks for those degrees.

O'Neil said he's skeptical about the assumptions that a Trump agenda of increased government spending and tax cuts will be fully enacted and lead to faster growth, higher inflation and bigger budget deficits.

J ** At first, I was skeptical about whether to spend the money on this product, but I can honestly say we have used it for every penny of its worth.

Mayor de Blasio, who has repeatedly called on the state to release the affordable and supportive housing funding, as well as money earmarked for NYCHA repairs but not spent by the state, has been skeptical about a new 421 - a deal.

Damon has made it no secret that he thinks Jason Bourne's story was properly concluded in Bourne Ultimatum, and has been skeptical about the proposition of his return since then (especially after spending a good chunk of time brain - storming a fourth installment with director Paul Greengrass).

Those who spend more time focused on Washington were more concerned about all that could go wrong, and skeptical the potential payoff was worth the risk.

Skeptical, but lured in by the advertisements, we weren't sure how we felt about spending our last day at a cheesy Disneyeque theme park, but we were game to check it out.

I was skeptical of that logic at first, but after spending some time in the gallery, I was pleased to discover that — whether by some latent Italian - ness or some discreetly shared formal style — there was something about the two series that allowed them to compliment each other in subtle and unexpected ways.

If someone holds extreme or bizarre or clearly baseless opinions, or receives funding directly or indirectly from corporations with billions of dollars in profit riding on public confusion about, or ignorance of, the scientific facts, or «chooses to spend his time» with propagandists and ideologues known to be dishonest, those are all entirely legitimate — and indeed compelling — reasons to be, shall we say, «skeptical» of his scientific claims.

I spent about two hours searching for corroboration on this — feeling skeptical «because had they been so, they would not be recognisable as Viking ruins when the ice retreated, and certainly not discoverable if they are under ice now,» — as you said.