For the skeptic the wonder is at a strange universe shaped by elaborate arguments, strong convictions and intermittent invocations of scientific principle.

Meredith's principal contribution in office was his Annual Report of 1849 in which he set forth an elaborate argument for a protective tariff.

His daring use of power series enabled him to solve the famous Basel problem in 1735 (he provided a more elaborate argument in 1741):

He chooses facts and gathers them in groups but avoids elaborate argument.

And some pieces have the rambling, convoluted structure of long-winded book reviews, attaching elaborate arguments to noticeably modest pegs.

First, Pascal produced a more elaborate argument why the resulting division should be considered fair.

At an international economics meeting in August, several Mexican and Canadian economists made elaborate arguments against a North American monetary union.

They do not contain an elaborate philosophical argument, but simply try to point to the true nature of reality, especially through the use of paradox.

So this elaborate argument has no reliable foundation: in short, it is wrong.

They have even a certain patronizing relish in using long words and elaborate arguments before the dog.