Sentence examples for had been tenuous from inspiring English sources

Until Zhang was promoted to professor, last year, as a consequence of his proof, his appointment had been tenuous.

Walton's status had been tenuous for months, perhaps even years.

Still, the job growth has been tenuous: nowhere in the ballpark of what Mr. Reagan produced, certainly.

So far, Bruneau says, the link between f.M.R.I. data and behavior has been tenuous.

While political gains have been tenuous there has been much progress in lowering the level of violence, the report indicated.

Sites containing pirated materials are often hosted in China and Russia, where government cooperation has been tenuous at best.

Mr. Mondello's hold on the chairmanship has been tenuous since November, when the party lost the state Senate.

Meanwhile, within Syria, the coalition's legitimacy is being tested by some of the fighting groups, whose links to outside political leaders have been tenuous in the past.

But as an unelected, fragile alliance of varying and often conflicting political forces, its hold over the southern region has been tenuous.

Through much of 2009, investors were expecting the economy to emerge from recession — but the rebound has been tenuous and spotty, not the surge that typically occurs.

Back in 1950, India recognised the People's Republic, not the rival regime in Taipei, and relations with the island have been tenuous ever since.