Sentence examples for an uncertain proposition from inspiring English sources

Encountering Steve Martin at a party can be an uncertain proposition.

For some foreign companies, the graft scandal has heightened perceptions that investing in Brazil is an uncertain proposition.

(Anderson) WALTER DUNDERVILL AND HEATHER OLSON (Friday and Saturday) Shared programs are always an uncertain proposition; even if the individual works are good, the juxtapositions can be disconcerting.

He added: "In the grand scheme of things, this is not a whole lot of money and, clearly, Seti is an uncertain proposition.

While MasterCard describes its approach as a potential game changer, luring consumers to a shopping site run by a payment network rather than a retailer is an uncertain proposition.

Buying a property leasehold has always been an uncertain proposition, which is why more than a decade ago the then Labour government introduced a third form of ownership it called a commonhold.

The biggest squeeze right now is on variable-rate demand notes, a common form of floating-rate borrowing that is backed by the promise of having sufficient future municipal revenues to repay investors — an increasingly uncertain proposition.

It is what makes arming the opposition such a dangerous and uncertain proposition.

A related soft trend is which companies will create and implement these apps (a much more uncertain proposition).

It moves on to the uncertain proposition that eating slightly more of these foods will have a significant impact on public health.

The case starts with the uncertain proposition that decreasing prices will increase the consumption of foods that even rich people don't eat much of.