Sentence examples for makes it doubtful from inspiring English sources

Mexico's 30-year statute of limitations for crimes, including murder, also makes it doubtful that he could be prosecuted for the 1968 or 1971 massacres.

He could have requested that some of his books be double-weighted, but his preference for writing quite short works, such as Passions of the Soul, makes it doubtful that this request would have been approved.

That's good news, but not for Oregon, as such an outcome makes it doubtful the state will receive anything near the full purchase price it paid, according to sources I spoke with who are familiar with the pharmaceutical returns industry.

The vote against the measure by the House Appropriations Committee makes it doubtful that New York will get any additional federal aid this year beyond what the White House and Congress have agreed to provide.

The almost comical divisions between the different forces attacking Tikrit – with the Iranian-backed militiamen apparently refusing to fight if there are US air strikes in their support – makes it doubtful that there will be an offensive any time soon to recapture the northern capital of Mosul, which is 10 times larger than Tikrit.

The aura of specialness that attended those broadcasts — here was a spectacle that could only be glimpsed once a year — can never be recaptured in our age of media ubiquity and on-demand access, which makes it doubtful that the film will seem as personally meaningful to future generations as it does to the baby boomers who grew up with it.

They have warned that failure to produce a comprehensive list in the next three weeks will make it doubtful that the issue can be added to the December agenda.

Together, the developments made it doubtful whether his government would survive a confidence vote, because the loss of even two supporters threatened his parliamentary majority.

Fred Gadomski, a meteorologist at the Penn State forecasting center, said Isabel's path made it doubtful that it would make landfall in New Jersey or New York.

Mr. Adrover, who staged a comeback show in September, has not found a backer, making it doubtful he will have clothes in stores next spring.

I could barely contain myself when a young buff-in-training lamented the passing of a subway line whose vintage made it doubtful that even his father would have been old enough to ride it.