the benefit of the doubt

There was no evidence that the cat killed our birds while we were away. Let's therefore give him the benefit of the doubt.

Jones said that his train had been delayed; the foreman gave him the benefit of the doubt and did not reduce his pay for being late.

John's grade was much higher than usual and he might have cheated, but his professor gave him the benefit of the doubt.

So far, investors seem to be giving Nigeria's banks the benefit of the doubt.

So far at least , Apple's cult-like fan base seems willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt .

Mr King is still being given the benefit of the doubt, but he must be chary of his stock of credibility.

Things like performance and stability, which will no doubt be tweaked, well, we tend to give companies the benefit of the doubt.

In Dagestan, the Kremlin seems to be giving Mr Aliev the benefit of the doubt.

"To quote Rupert Murdoch, 'You've got to give the planet the benefit of the doubt', " Flannery said.

But as the evidence was not conclusive, they were going to be given the benefit of the doubt.

It's not easy to offer the benefit of the doubt, especially when the stakes are high.

Nevertheless, until we don't get to see them in action, one should certainly give other teams the benefit of the doubt.

Maybe Robert did it, maybe he didn't. If I were you, I would give him the benefit of the doubt. It's not so important anyway.

I'm inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt, although if I'm wrong I have no advice for you: you don't deserve any.

At least one environmental group is giving Molycorp the benefit of the doubt.

Grumpy Republicans left town, stayed indoors or decided to give the new president the benefit of the doubt.

ASEAN's new chief, Surin Pitsuwan, said the regime should get the benefit of the doubt.

If the best you can do is to give yourself the benefit of the doubt that you might not be a bad person, you have achieved a big step.

The instinct to give him the benefit of the doubt may be understandable. But on this occasion, no need to give the man a break.

And I must admit that the people with whom Mr. Julia-Levy has surrounded himself, are impressive and hard to deny the benefit of the doubt.

Because we don't have enough evidence to prove he stole the wallet, we have to give him the benefit of the doubt.

I'm giving T-Mac the benefit of the doubt right now, he might have just had a bad game.

Lisa: True. I suppose we really should give him the benefit of the doubt, however.

So hopefully T-Mac just had a bad game, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

E. g. If money is missing, we give you the benefit of the doubt. We assume you did not take it.

Let us, for a moment, give Yahoo the benefit of the doubt.

Happy to be rid of Labour, the voters have thus far given the coalition the benefit of the doubt.

Obama should fill the remaining vacancies quickly, and senators should generally give him the benefit of the doubt.

Of course, but I'm going to give Toyota the benefit of the doubt.

For the time being, investors seem willing to give riskier assets the benefit of the doubt.

Given Italy's current political mess, it is hardly surprising that the markets are reluctant to give the country the benefit of the doubt.

For now, investors appear to be giving Beijing the benefit of the doubt.

But activities that may have got the benefit of the doubt in the bubble years now look like shameless envelope-pushing.

Most of us in the viewing audience used to give these folks the benefit of the doubt, but not anymore.

The instinct to give him the benefit of the doubt may be understandable.

We don't know whether he is telling the truth but I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt, as his past record is good.

When it comes to the politics of immigration, however, it is getting harder to give Mr Obama the benefit of the doubt.

Financiers will find the arguments for free markets harder to make now that they have lost the benefit of the doubt.

You need to give people the benefit of the doubt because you will need that, as well.

In such cases, the benefit of the doubt would be given to the taxpayer.

But beyond that, he is so unrelentingly dedicated that he earns the benefit of the doubt with his work ethic.

Inflation has generally been low in rich countries over the past 15 years. But grant Mr Trichet the benefit of the doubt on impeccability.

Moody's and Fitch, the two main rival agencies, have for now given America the benefit of the doubt.

While Congress is "certainly willing to give him the benefit of the doubt" , he says, "time is not unlimited here" .

I am not sure so let me give myself the benefit of the doubt.

So give them the benefit of the doubt, unless they give you reason to assume otherwise.

If you are ever in doubts as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

If you are even in doubt as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

Nothing was proved. He was given the benefit of the doubt and released.

Give employees the benefit of the doubt. You might say, ''I know you are concerned about the quality of the work at your desk. ''

And Ross said, referees often give Bryant the benefit of the doubt.

It may enhance your brand so that if a genuine accident happens, customers will start by giving your company the benefit of the doubt.

Why should I give my patronising colleague the benefit of the doubt when he was so clearly in the wrong?

I'm not sure, so I guess I'd better give him the benefit of the doubt.

Now many of them will no longer give him the benefit of the doubt.

But we have to give Lee the benefit of the doubt.

In other words, we give the benefit of the doubt to others, because we want to believe what they're telling us.

Give somebody the benefit of the doubt.

They're getting the benefit of the doubt at first sight, and unattractive people aren't.

So, Disney says, hasn't Pixar earned the benefit of the doubt?

We give them the benefit of the doubt.

Either give your boss the benefit of the doubt or find a new job.

This is the time to give someone the benefit of the doubt.

Give me the benefit of the doubt.

I like to see the best in people and give them the benefit of the doubt.

And at that moment I pray that my children will give me the benefit of the doubt.

Give people the benefit of the doubt, they could be having a bad day

Give Japan's new leader the benefit of the doubt on free trade

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