Sentence examples for rather circumstantial from inspiring English sources

"The original link between HIV and Yersinia pestis has been rather circumstantial," says Stumpf, because the origin of the CCR5 mutation "happened to fall into the time of the plague".

Alternatively, Microsoft argues that because the software industry is uniquely dynamic, direct proof, rather than circumstantial evidence, more appropriately indicates whether it possesses monopoly power.

It was based completely on circumstantial rather than hard or conclusive evidence.

In other cases, to be sure, the Times has chosen to report on kidnappings but it seems awfully hasty to assume that's a function of a double standard for reporters rather than other circumstantial features that led to a different assessment of the risks in the other cases.But let's turn to the more general question of whether reporters are "above the shared obligations of citizenship".

He believes Bayern's dominance was largely "circumstantial" rather than evidence that the Germans have suddenly become a stronger team.

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and tenocytes/dermal fibroblasts appear to be the cell populations of choice for clinical translation in equine and human patients respectively based on circumstantial, rather than on hard evidence.

Rather, we have circumstantial evidence from the overall New York State Angler Cohort Study, which attempted to evaluate the reliability (as measured by percent agreement) of self-reported fresh water fish consumption.

In the case of Iraq, Washington relied largely on circumstantial data rather than spy satellite photographs or intercepted phone calls that would have proved and pinpointed the existence of unconventional weapons.

The problem with this approach is that without being able to verify these sources, Ms Dawisha makes herself vulnerable to the same ills that have beset the Russian media: supposition, conspiracy and statements based on assumptions and circumstantial evidence rather than documentation.

The findings show that users' choice of design systems reflected local and circumstantial considerations rather than what is best for the project.

The justification of a principled (rather than pragmatic or circumstantial) demarcation between duty and supererogation is reminiscent of the analogous demarcation between the legal and the moral.