Concerns about reliability and validity creep in, and I offer a word to the wise to take their results with a grain of salt. |
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Many personnel believe that no matter what they have to say, it will be taken with a grain of salt. |
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Yes, he did steal 51 bases, but this has to be taken with a grain of salt considering the 36 times he was thrown out. |
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I'm on the other side of the fence, and I've been critical of some of you lately, so I'll understand if you take my advice with a grain of salt. |
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That is the thing about overall stats like this, you have to take them with a grain of salt. |
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An exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art took the word primitive with a grain of salt, as indicated by the scare quotes around it in the title. |
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Anything I'd have to say would be a guess, so take the following with a grain of salt. |
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It does mean that proferred numbers be taken with a grain of salt as a lagniappe, perhaps, rather than a justification. |
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Most people who know Helen Thomas take the news of her retirement with a grain of salt. |
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So I just think we have to take those dire predictions, Mr. Chairman, with a grain of salt. |
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We know that Senator Dorgan of course is criticizing but we will take that with a grain of salt. |
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Mr. Speaker, I have learned to take with a grain of salt what opposition politicians say about trade agreements during election campaigns. |
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One of the advantages of some grey hair is that you learn to take long-range predications with a grain of salt. |
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My point here is that the reports of escapees and captures must be taken with a very large grain of salt. |
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One has to take this category with a grain of salt, of course, because not all refugee flows are associated with instability. |
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I haven't heard from the canoeists in a year, so I just take a your concerns with a bit of a grain of salt. |
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I would have to take what the Bloc says with a grain of salt when it comes to justice issues. |
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One part per trillion is one grain of salt dissolved in an Olympic-sized swimming pool. |
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By looking closely at a grain of salt, one can see cubes of different sizes. |
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Luckily, the affable Bavarian took the advice with a grain of salt. |
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For the moment I am taking this report with a grain of salt, since previous sightings of Iranian infiltrators have often been proven inaccurate later on. |
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The next time someone says one bullet is vastly superior to another in regards to wind deflection, take their advice with a grain of salt and check for yourself. |
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However, all such maxims should be taken with a grain of salt since so many other factors are involved. |
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We ask you to take arguments about reverse discrimination with a grain of salt. |
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A grain of salt may be needed at some sites. |
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This message has been stressed in a number of analytical papers, although the absolute results must always be taken with a grain of salt since any assessment of the economic costs will be imprecise. |
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The financial community has enthusiastically jumped on the commodity bandwagon but Doug Eadie, president of the Ontario Corn Producers' Association, is still taking it with a grain of salt. |
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I always take what comes out of Health Canada with a grain of salt. |
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Unfortunately, I must say, I take this with a grain of salt, because I think that every effort necessary to really help a country like Afghanistan must be made. |
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Given the strong relationship that exists between the current conditions index and consumer spending, this is not an encouraging signal, as the rise in the overall RBC Index should be taken with a grain of salt. |
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Because of concerns regarding consistency in the application of the formula or in the approximations, the actual quantitative results need to be taken with a grain of salt. |
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Regarding Stefan Gerlach's comments, first they noted that the forecasts from the M1 VECM need to be taken with a grain of salt, which is why they provide confidence bands around all the forecasts. |
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Some of them felt that spinoff indicators produced by proponents should be taken with a grain of salt, and many of them had doubts as to the validity of the data they contained, particularly event attendance data. |
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And that is why these allegations that have come forward have gone against every grain of salt for which my family and I have worked for so many years. |
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I think Mr. von Finckenstein gave a very good answer to this the other day: wireless is very competitive in Canada, we get a lot of value, and he takes outdated, faulty OECD reports with a large grain of salt. |
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In his study, MacLeod analyzed the fossilized shells of 90 million-year-old planktic and benthic foraminifera, single-celled organisms about the size of a grain of salt. |
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An otherwise strong site is marred by some trashy material. Skip the many bad ER fan fictions here and take the rumors section with a huge grain of salt. |
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I take anything I read on the Internet with a grain of salt. |
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