Sentence examples for sceptical notion from inspiring English sources

Perhaps the 43-year-old felt intense pressure, amid the sceptical notion that his closeness to Clarke was the only reason for a wildcard pick.

Political opponents are equally sceptical of the notion of a President Mugabe Mark II.

His sense of continuity led him to be sceptical about the notion of fundamental change stemming from 9/11.

He brushed off suggestions that the measures might make it financially beneficial for couples to live apart, saying he was "slightly sceptical" about the notion.

In the FT, Christopher Silvester praised Burleigh as a historian surprisingly sceptical about "the notion that the British were better imperialists than other European nations".

The DoT is now requiring collusion on some transpacific, as well as transatlantic, flights.America's main antitrust regulator, the Department of Justice (DoJ), is rightly sceptical of the notion that collusion benefits consumers.

Yet the trilemma also implies that an economy can enjoy both free capital flows and an independent monetary policy, so long as it gives up worrying about its exchange rate.Emerging-market leaders have long been sceptical of this notion.

"I am sceptical of the notion that Assad regime principals, such as Ali Mamlouk, believe that they have better options than sticking with Assad, the Iranians and the hand they have been dealt.

Given such a paradox, one might be sceptical of the notion of truth, or at least of the prospects of giving a scientifically respectable account of truth.

She argues that curious, big-brained mammals, dolphins might explore puffer fish, and may accidentally expose themselves to a bit of the toxin, but is extremely sceptical of the notion that dolphins are dosing themselves intentionally, with such precision to achieve a bit of numbness without accidentally overdosing.

He loves wisecracks and proverbs, and is even more sceptical about the notions of management gurus than John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, two journalists on The Economist, were in "The Witch Doctors" (1996 .Yet in "The Synergy Myth" he succeeds in mounting a coherent, lucid defence of conglomerates.