Sentence examples for tentative ones from inspiring English sources

As a result, the tests of the hypotheses on context effects can only be viewed as tentative ones.

Firm, broad strokes are better than shorter, tentative ones.

The job market also showed signs, albeit tentative ones, of turning around from the recession, which began in March and ended late last year, according to many economists.

The downbeat Bundesbank report came a week after Mario Draghi, the European central bank's president, argued that there were signs, albeit tentative ones, that tensions in the zone had eased.

So it was that Congress and the Bush administration were still haggling over an economic recovery package last week, even as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the 11th time this year and some private economists began seeing signs, albeit tentative ones, that the recession may be entering its final stages.

He takes a lot of time with each child, especially the tentative ones, perversely urging them to save their money and not buy the books or, if they insist on doing so, to bury them in the yard when they get home, or burn them in the fireplace, or coat them in tuna and feed them to the cat.

But if Mr. Bush went on the Sunday morning news show as a candidate, he was a tentative one not yet ready to give up the advantages of incumbency -- including the Oval Office setting for the interview -- for a more freewheeling but less presidential campaign.

If there's an ongoing recovery, but a meager, tentative one at that?

The offer came one day after the collapse of a tentative one-year deal that had been struck March 12.

Gilbert is the tentative one whose eyes are most often cast down or up, evading the viewer's gaze.

The Bank's strategy is a tentative one, taking things in a "graduated and proportionate" manner, as Carney puts it.