Sentence examples for while sceptical from inspiring English sources

The young people I documented, while sceptical of others "moving into their territory", were excited about the prospect of new jobs and apprenticeships.

A senior MP just told me that he had voted remain, while sceptical of the EU's blessings, because "this was war" – in other words, a conflict of generations, loyalties and dispositions, refracted through the prism of the vote.

The two characters featured are Dublin everymen, both grandfathers, who – while sceptical about many of the changes that have happened in their country over the preceding years – are not without affection for unlikely figures such as the "nice young one" Kate Middleton and Peter O'Toole.

After the vindication of his long campaign to free the Birmingham Six, he is Labour's most admired backbencher, "a sane leftwinger" (the Financial Times's description) who, while sceptical of New Labour and its modish jargon, is prepared to give the leadership the benefit of the doubt.

There are also doctors who, while sceptical about the way testosterone is being prescribed, don't share Schwartz's doubts about its ability to make men feel better - and there are positive testimonials from patients, too.

I trailed Mr Benn around his packed meetings in Brighton; he was a brilliant, serious but funny speaker who could intoxicate his adoring audience – and, for a while, even sceptical journalists like me.

"It is possible to respect individuals, to protect them from intolerance, while being sceptical about their ideas, even criticising them ferociously".

Full marks to Sun editor Tony Gallagher for his insistence at a recent event that while "extremely sceptical" about the EU, the Sun has yet to decide what line to take in June – "does that mean we are going to campaign for Brexit?

While initially sceptical, the community gradually co-operated with the research team.

For example, as one respondent from Senegal noted, ' local government and those in district hospitals and clinics tend to respond more to local constraints and support local innovations, while being sceptical of the relevance of ideas from the top'.

While initially sceptical, LSHTM researchers found that using the Research Impact Framework prompted them to identify a wide range of impacts related to their work in a relatively systematic manner (compared to the ad hoc approaches they had previously used) [ 6].