Sentence examples for for example it is doubtful from inspiring English sources

For example, it is doubtful that a rapist could repair the "loss" suffered by his victim.

(For example, it is doubtful that mere infinite extent, or infinite divisibility, in space and time would be sufficient to merit that the universe be called divine).

For example, it is doubtful that pathogen contamination can be prevented by fencing off riparian buffers, and even if buffers are useful in controlling stream water pathogens, it is not certain what their width must be (Nagels et al. [2002]).

Even if we could produce enough food without soils – and I have seen some great vegetable gardens growing on floating lily beds in Bangladesh, for example – it is doubtful we could replace as cheaply the many ecosystem functions that soils provide, from water management to pollution, remediation to supporting structures, and from trees to houses.

There is no circularity in the first case unless the notion of 'evidence' is itself probabilistic; but artificial examples aside, it is doubtful that the case ever arises.

Some people want to raid the account for family expenses, arguing that a new home would be for the benefit of the child, for example, but it's doubtful that such expenditures would pass muster.

For these reasons it is doubtful that it actually helps people find work.

It is doubtful, for example, that Zeus, the father of the universe, would ever exclaim as Mr Mitchell has him do, that "I have a sensible plan", or even that Achilles, tempestuous as he is, would rally "To hell with that man…I don't give a damn about him".Similarly, although Mr Verity is far more restrained and scholarly in his translation, he too fails to capture the full force of Homer's work.

For one, they say, it is doubtful that these numbers mean very much.

While the government has said that savings can be made through 'natural wastage' — for example, people who plan to retire or leave their jobs — it is doubtful that this will be enough.

It is doubtful, for better or for worse.