Sentence examples for had sceptical from inspiring English sources

A commission spokesperson said: "We would like a solid majority to take a decision on this kind of issue and some member states had sceptical observations that we will have to answer, so it [a postponement] was the wise thing to do".

It also seems very likely that the representatives of the Cārvāka / Lokāyata system occasionally had sceptical inclinations prior to Jayarāśi, which helped him to abandon typically materialist claims and undertake his sceptical project.

And by 2000 everyone had gotten sceptical.

She said she had been sceptical of releasing information about sex offenders.

At Chicago University, he had grown sceptical about the desirability of any fundamental economic transformation.

Her courage and fortitude won over those who had been sceptical about her status as an F1 driver.

I had been sceptical about Macchu Picchu, expecting to be disappointed in an over-hyped mass tourist attraction.

"Prisoners who had been sceptical of the paper at first [thinking it was a Prison Service contrivance], now eagerly welcomed it.

The BBC's reporting on the war had been sceptical: in tune with popular attitudes, perhaps, but not what the government wanted.

He said the press had been sceptical of the threat.

Meanwhile, IPOP achieved a notable success with Astra Agro Lestari signing the pledge, as the company had been sceptical of sustainability and had stayed outside of RSPO (Jacobson 2016).