Sentence examples for If well founded from inspiring English sources

Early in the introduction to On the Origin of Species, Darwin observes that the conclusion that each species had descended from others "even if well founded, would be unsatisfactory, until it could be shown how the innumerable species inhabiting this world have been modified so as to acquire that perfection of structure and co-adaptation which most justly excites our admiration" (Darwin 1859, 3).

Even if it is well founded (and it is), the administration must be understandably irked by the barrage of skepticism that is greeting this week's peace summit, with reaction mostly ranging from scorn to yawn -- with only a few exceptions.

However, if you're passionate about medicine, then volunteer at a hospital to see if this interest is well founded.

Those fears are well founded: if the EU and India agree on stringent patent and border measures, India's role as the "pharmacy of the south" could well come to an end.

If these fears are well founded and reach such a level that medical staff are worried for their life or that of their loved ones, the virtuous patient ought to allow them to step down from their role as caregivers.

Of course, if pessimism over 2012 turns out to be well founded, or if things turn out even worse than expected, then even depressed asset prices will fall further.

Either way, I'll soon know if my dread about my first visit to Comerica Park was well founded, or if it was just the silly fretting of a lifelong Tigers fan.

Moreover, behaviors that appear inexplicable or inappropriate to Western eyes may stem from beliefs that patients hold to be reasonable and well founded, even if they clash with standard practices.

And we're willing to spend considerable time and money to find out if a venture concept is well founded.

If the respondents' views are well founded, the recommended, gendered approach [ 12, 13] to this population's clinical needs of continuity of care (within a service and of individual staff) is compromised.

But if the Omp85 argument is well founded it does root the tree and enable us to conclude that the absence of flagella in Eobacteria and Cyanobacteria is also probably primitive.