The speech was greeted with intense skepticism by environmental advocates and some European officials.

The kid took on a look of intense, teenaged skepticism.

Mr. Castrillon's assertions about the profitability and efficiency of the smaller cattle have been greeted with intense skepticism from some specialists.

Scholars have treated the claim with intense skepticism; the play has not survived.

"That's the drift of the questions everywhere - intense skepticism."

The inspectors suggested intense skepticism.

Some scientists have presented evidence that the process has produced several species of plants and animals, but their ideas have met with intense skepticism.

Although the latter hypothesis was initially greeted with intense skepticism, a large body of work, generated over the last two decades, has confirmed its validity.

Mr. Hughes said: "I didn't share his intense skepticism about Pop Art.

"So despite my intense skepticism about it, we are now going to have a Web site."