Sentence examples for sceptical support from inspiring English sources

With his distinctive public stance of sceptical support Corbyn might sway some doubters on the left and make more sense of his party's wider campaign.

Rafael Benítez insisted he deserves the respect of Chelsea's sceptical support after his team's blistering second-half revival propelled them to the Europa League final at Basel's expense.

The veteran manager will have a battle on his hands to unite the dressing-room and satisfy a sceptical support.

Deila pointed to November as to when he finally won over a sceptical Celtic support after a difficult start.

But for that kind of wider perception we need time, patient and sceptical inquiry, supported by faith in communities of interpretation that are difficult to sustain in a world demanding instant action and reaction.

Defending AmericaPresident George Bush sent senior officials abroad to persuade sceptical allies to support his missile-defence plan.

When, in 2004-5, he battled to convince a recalcitrant Likud Party and a sceptical parliament to support his unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and a sliver of the West Bank, he would sit up in his eyrie, gaze out on his fields, and write his polemical speeches in laborious longhand.

But Coombe is sceptical about Matheson's support, saying: "He may have to tow the party line because Labour have not categorically come out against fracking".

Worries about the economy allowed Mr Obama to shift attention from Mr McCain's strong suit, foreign policy, and shore up his support among sceptical blue-collar voters.

Maybe those provisions will serve as a sign of good faith and help the bill earn early support from sceptical Democrats.

But Mr Kolakowski's distaste for communism did not make him an evangelist for free-market liberalism: he was too inquisitive, sceptical and irreverent to support any particular doctrine strongly.