Sentence examples for dubious procedure from inspiring English sources

The government has at last decided to stop "pedalling", as critics mockingly call the dubious procedure of putting off payments to state-owned banks charged with disbursing benefits such as unemployment insurance, or cash handouts for the poor (which Ms Rousseff raised three months ago).

Newton later became discontented with the undeniable presence of infinitesimals in his calculus, and dissatisfied with the dubious procedure of "neglecting" them.

In any case, it is a fair conjecture that Timon's implied answer to the question was 'no'; accepting things by hypothesis is equivalent to accepting them without grounds, and this is a highly dubious procedure.

This dubious procedure is termed, "voter caging".

It avoids the complicated and ecologically dubious procedures you cite while helping feed rare birds of prey.Lev Osherovich San FranciscoRaised eyebrows* SIR – In your article on Rod Blagojevich's trial ("The never-ending swansong", August 21st) you referred to Joan Rivers saying, "If she could have raised her eyebrows, she would have".

One simple fix to this mess is to reduce Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements for higher-priced drugs, as well as for less critical or dubious procedures.

Four people died in the blast, including a congressman and former Muslim rebel who had backed military operations against Abu Sayyaf, a guerrilla group with links to al-Qaeda.Kuala Lumpur saw its largest anti-government demonstrations since 1999, protesting at dubious election procedures and alleged corruption within the electoral commission.

But Mr Anwar is out of jail and again leading opposition to the entrenched elite he was once part of.That entrenchment is maintained, says Mr Anwar, by dubious election procedures and a stacked electoral commission, supported by Malaysia's state-controlled media and a pliant judiciary.

Girl erases all memories of boy from her mind in a dubious brain-zapping procedure.

While acupuncture's effectiveness has been clinically proven, cupping remains dubious as a procedure.

Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize winning economist and blue chip of Keynesian stock, recently remarked that the entire fundamental basis of the austerity push has been discredited; stating that at its core "results were based on highly dubious assumptions and procedures – plus a few outright mistakes – and evaporated under closer scrutiny".