Sentence examples for is tenuous because from inspiring English sources

Although the Taliban recaptured Bamiyan in May, their hold on the city is tenuous, because of the animosity between the local Hazaras, who are mostly Shia Muslims, and the Sunni Taliban.

Their survival is tenuous because the vast majority of their food, the Chinook Salmon, have all but disappeared.

Therefore, inferred discoveries of novel eukaryotic groups based on molecular phylotypes alone is tenuous because one must be sure that these molecular phylotypes do not belong to already described, but unsequenced, species of eukaryotes [1].

The interpretation of these data is tenuous because of missing data, so we do not present these results.

The assumption of anonymity of genetic data sets, however, is tenuous because genetic data are intrinsically self-identifying.

Culture of this organism is slow [ 9], and the correlation between culture and infection is tenuous because of the asymptomatic infection caused by M. pneumoniae[ 10, 11].

Even these victories, however, are tenuous because they are threatened by rising extremism, deep-seated discriminatory norms and stereotypes.

The interpretation of these data is likely to be tenuous because of missing data, and we therefore do not present these results.

However, in strongly advective environments the link between population genetic structure and community structure may be tenuous because what appears to be panmixia – extensive, range-wide gene flow – may instead represent an extended source-sink metacommunity [ 26].

The martial triumphalism has inevitably drawn comparisons with Triumph Of The Will but the connection is tenuous – not least because Leni Riefenstahl had the funds, hardware and ranked personnel of the Third Reich at her disposal.

We are fortunate that our diplomats press on even when the support from our political class is tenuous at best, because we need them most when the world spins out of control.