How To Use Caveat In A Sentence

Although by definition a caveat is a caution or warning that the notifier be given a hearing, yet it usually helps stall rather than alter a situation.
But here's the caveat: Not all books written by newspaper reporters should be reviewed.
With this caveat, he endorsed the Fifth Army proposal for resuming the offensive on the Right Bank.
He had only been given a later assurance of legality, which contained none of the caveats.
With the caveat that I'd have absolutely no chance of knowing much about the American avifauna, my guess would be a turnstone Arenaria sp. What is this bird?

Following the deep-strength caveat of careful progression, begin with unweighted, standard squats.
That comes with a caveat - the figures denote only reported crimes - but it does suggest that these things need to be placed into context. Times, Sunday Times
ELLIS HIXOM, with charge to meet him at such a river though the Master knew well the Captain's toothpike: yet by reason of his admonition and caveat [warning] given him at parting, he (though he bewrayed no sign of distrusting the Cimaroon) yet stood as amazed, lest something had befallen our Captain otherwise than well. Sir Francis Drake Revived
Caveat: For patients older than 75, carotid endarterectomy didn't significantly reduce stroke risk. Why You Forget Birthdays
The caveat emptor doctrine has been mitigated by the implied terms as to quality.
I enter a caveat against male friendships, which are only fit for ladies of the _salamandrine_ order. The History of Emily Montague
The sale is subject to the caveat emptor principle.
Such regular caveating is part of this very problem is it not? Is the UK a country of Killjoys?
Mr Tarn said that the guidance being issued to schools on random drugs testing included many caveats, and schools were being advised to proceed with caution.
There was one caveat: he was not to enter into a merger or otherwise weaken the Roche family's control of the firm.
I want to make a proviso, a caveat, that we may have slipped past earlier.
It would be easier for us to not have to sift through the caveats and restrictions on every sale and rebate, and apparently it would be better for you, too.
All of this I must say with the caveat that I am a syntactician and not a phonetician; these are impressions not based in observation but introspection, and there is no quicker way to discover a false truth than introspection. “Ms.”-ing the point « Motivated Grammar
He remains bullish about his nation's prospects, albeit with a caveat. Times, Sunday Times
Haec ita me orat, sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam, ut istunc militem -- ut, ubi emeritum sibi sit, se revehat domum. id, amabo te, huic caveas. Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
The ‘all options’ caveat refers to action short of war, if it isn't in fact merely bluster, which I think more likely.
Caveat: The diagnosis of xanthelasmata and arcus corneae was based on a visual inspection, and milder cases may have been missed, researchers said. To Keep Hearing Young, Play an Instrument
But when you're going to war, it is particularly troubling when you use that kind of mentality and you don't speak about the truth of the situation as best as you know them, including the indicatory intelligence, including the caveats and qualifications and including the consequences, the risk and the cost of going to war. CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2008
Mintzberg deserves high praise for his perceptiveness in issuing these caveats about the widespread enthusiasm for the adhocracy arrangement.
That comes with a caveat - the figures denote only reported crimes - but it does suggest that these things need to be placed into context. Times, Sunday Times
It allows one to put out misleading simplifications as long as the caveats, ifs and buts are buried somewhere in the detailed material.
Later the script began to talk of keeping vaccination ‘under review’ followed by a caveat listing its limitations.
That's a modest drop compared with the 178,000 jobs lost in the prior two months, but there is a caveat: Holiday hiring was dismal, which led to fewer layoffs in the postholiday months. Retail-Sector Job Losses
But it is also liberally sprinkled with caveats and warnings as to the difficulties in turning up more evidence.
None of these caveats appeared in the statement Goldsmith published in the House of Lords, on 17 March after giving a summary of his advice to the Cabinet.
But there is a caveat-Karson noted that, historically, activity at Eyjafjallajökull has frequently preceded eruptions at the nearby Katla, which is a much bigger volcano and contains more rhyolitic magma. Ars Technica
Posted June 27, 2007 10: 36 AM caveat bettor writes: Anti-Finance Bias, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
All of which is fine, with one or two caveats. Times, Sunday Times
You read them and you see a man so cautiously calculating not to put a foot wrong that he envelops himself in a fog of caveats and equivocations.
After that, all the normal caveats of property purchase apply - including making sure there is good title and you will own what you think you are paying for.
The only strong caveat involves a startling scene early in the film in which Charlie is forced by his father to drown a helpless dog.
The most important caveat is not to mix managerial units and entrepreneurial ones. THE ESSENTIAL DRUCKER
But Mr. Pierre said he included an important caveat: Mr. Randolph would be permitted to bring the ball upcourt only after he grabbed a defensive rebound. He's Long, Lean, Unlimited
Phil writes: caveat bettor: sure, that's a $400 million signal if I moved the price completely to its intrinsic value. Anti-Finance Bias, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
She adds modestly, by way of a caveat, that she does not see herself as a screen icon. Times, Sunday Times
As displayed above, there's simply one caveat: the marriage in question needs to be dysfunctionally gay. Steven Shehori: The Prop 8 Monologues, Vol. 2 of 2: The Law is Gay
He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
If a man sell a horse which is lame, no action lyes for that, but _caveat emptor_; and when I sell a horse that has _no_ eye, there no action lies; otherwise where he has a counterfeit, false, and _bright eye_. Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850
Support is hedged with caveats about how he must act differently. Times, Sunday Times
Further, the forest department too, was asked to file a caveat before the High Court to prevent the encroachers from obtaining a stay.
First, a caveat - Ebonics, or ‘Black English’ is not the same thing as Hip Hop Slang.
Still, this is a minor caveat in a potentially award-winning campaign.
It is now clear that in many ways the intelligence services got it wrong; but their assessments included serious caveats, qualifications and cautions.
There are caveats to this delight in seeing the physio run on to the wicket. Times, Sunday Times
That’s also a neat idea, though with two caveats: not all mobiles display wallpaper while they’re locked, and an external label, while uglier, is also more likely to get noticed. Friday, October 31, 2008 | Lifehacker Australia
He remains bullish about his nation 's prospects, albeit with a caveat. Times, Sunday Times
Using consolidation to get rid of duplicative layers or segments is fine, with an important caveat.
It allows one to put out misleading simplifications as long as the caveats, ifs and buts are buried somewhere in the detailed material.
Two other caveats: First, what we have discussed in this section applies to service delivery, not regulation.
And so we come to the apology, complete with a self-aggrandizing reference to how "bigly" Limbaugh personally finds his action and also the ever important caveat that it only stands "if" in fact he is wrong. Limbaugh and The So Called Apology
Fattah, Bray said, proposed the stock purchase with a caveat that the profit-sharing contract would be terminated.
Despite all these caveats, it is true that many readers will be surprised to learn that there were many more British soldiers killed at Gallipoli than Australian.
Musicology is, approximately, Prince's twenty-third album and a copper-bottomed, no-caveats return to form.
41 -- A _caveat_ under the patent law is a notice given to the office of the caveator's claim as inventor, in order to prevent the grant of a patent to another for the same alleged invention upon an application filed during the life of the _caveat_, without notice to the caveator. Patent Laws of the Republic of Hawaii and Rules of Practice in the Patent Office
The only caveat is to do it in small batches. Times, Sunday Times
There are caveats to this delight in seeing the physio run on to the wicket. Times, Sunday Times
-- A caveat, under the patent law, is a notice given to the office of the caveator's claim as inventor, in order to prevent the grant of a patent to another for the same alleged invention upon an application filed during the life of the caveat without notice to the caveator. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference
One caveat here for the stick-right or stick-left position - be careful not to throw the dice at an obtuse angle to the back wall.
The only caveat is to do it in small batches. Times, Sunday Times
There is one big caveat, though. Times, Sunday Times
Haec ita me orat, sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam, ut istunc militem -- ut, ubi emeritum sibi sit, se revehat domum. id, amabo te, huic caveas. Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
The usual caveat about asking opinions of people in thuggish, authoritarian regimes applies in her case. The Volokh Conspiracy » Iran and the Shortcomings of International Human Rights Law
My final words would be caveat emptor - let the buyer beware.
Patents will notify the caveator to complete his application in three months, and if upon the filing thereof it appears to be in conflict an interference will be declared. Patent Laws of the Republic of Hawaii and Rules of Practice in the Patent Office
The one caveat to that would be if the assets were collocated at the actual fighting location.
One caveat: the feature lets loose with spoilers aplenty for later seasons, including several major developments.
Of course, a pitfall is the caveat that the instructor needs to be a competent one. Pharyngula
The only caveat with venire is that it cannot be used passively with compound tenses.
We add the caveat, however, that the data on waterbuck are sparse and dates of birth are the least accurate of all the species.
There's a legal term, caveat emptor, which means buyer beware, so when viewing it pays to be suspicious.
The forthcoming civil disobedience will be non-violent, organisers stress, but the whiff of brutalism conjures up a world where no such caveat is feasible.
Now, there are countries that have signed the treaty and have signed with what they call clauses, which sort of allow them to express their concerns, or caveats on the treaty. Democracy Now!
While each method has potential methodological caveats, the concordance of the results using the different methods lends promise to the conclusions reached.
The normal caveat to place on this type of analysis is that if a company yields more than long-dated gilts then it should mean that the market expects it to cut its dividend at some point in time.
Would the same caveat hold for the use of the word "virile" to describe the Socratic method? Pound on the Socratic Method
He didn't include the little caveat about ‘leave others to decide germaneness’ on the air.
That the three months 'notice given to any caveator, in pursuance of the requirements of the eleventh section of this act, shall be computed from the day on which such notice is deposited in the post-office at the seat of government of this Confederacy, with the regular time for transmission of the same added thereto, which time shall be endorsed on the notice. The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive. Arranged in Chronological Order. Together with the Consti
Caveat: Other factors or health conditions may contribute to cerebrovascular pathologies and parkinsonian signs, researchers said. Seeing Signs of a Panic Attack Before One Happens
One major caveat: Some nutritional experts note that there is no consensus on the ideal level of antioxidants.
But in America, we choose to ignore the caveat about conditions at our peril.
Yet, even with those caveats, futurology is valuable as it can help us expose lunatics.
There was one caveat: he was not to enter into a merger or otherwise weaken the Roche family's control of the firm.
Caveat emptor let the buyer beware is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from dishonest stony-hearted Rome. Corporate responsibility? | clusterflock
My main caveat is that with presumed consent the opt-out should be staringly visible. Times, Sunday Times
There is a caveat for anyone going into the disc hoping for a blow-by-blow description of the shoot and circumstances surrounding the film.
Despite a caveat that he was ‘not up to date with the technic of the fighting tank,’ his article was well accepted by the journal's readership, while his celebrity enhanced the journal's professional standing.
(Total savings: $19.35.) One caveat: whole-wheat pasta often has a shorter expiration date, she warns.
Before playing these three cards, one should bear in mind two powerful caveats. Times, Sunday Times
They omitted the intelligence agencies' caveats, cautions, and dissenting views.
Asked for a list of Taipei's top-shelf coiffeurs, Chen provided me with four names and a caveat; ‘There are a lot of excellent stylists in town.’
Those caveats aside, the study gives a provocative look at how one of the world's most rapidly developing regions may look in 20 years' time.
Why provide all of the caveats, while avoiding the central question, which is not what the courts probably will do, but what they should do according to binding law, oaths of office, and allthat? The Volokh Conspiracy » What Are the Chances that the Courts Will Strike Down the Individual Mandate?
Even school nurses, who straddle the two worlds of school employees and medicine, generally agree, with some caveats.
The one caveat is true of all ribbons: Make sure your preamp is the correct recording companion.
So with these caveats in mind, I am willing to make a couple of straightforwardly vague prognostications.
The only caveats are road conditions that cannot beknown. The Volokh Conspiracy » United States v. Alderman and Felon Possession of Body Armor:
Their numeration is usually described (with some caveats) as being in base 20.
To break a three-way tie between LSU, Arkansas and Alabama, BCS rankings will be used -- with a caveat. CNN.com
It's a lofty ideal and one which will probably remain in the ivory tower of newspaper journalism, but I would add one caveat.
Seems that George Stevenson, of the engineering firm Remington & Vernick, is turning out to be chief shoveler (See Bernice Paglia's report "Redevelopment Caveats Aired"). Archive 2007-05-01
In my experience, lawyers are very careful, and usually end up accused of "caveating" to excess. On a side note -- Lawyers.
With that caveat in mind, how should one approach the government's claim that the U.S. economy contrac ... Sheldon Filger: Are the U.S. Government's Statistics on the Economy to Be Trusted?
The only caveat I think is that a man who has created a story to the extent of having written or rewritten it should not copyread it as well.
With all these caveats, Tel Aviv Stories would make even the sturdiest publisher balk and many did. Ashley Rindsberg: Tel Aviv Stories
Business lobby groups have been lukewarm, loading their approval with a string of caveats. Times, Sunday Times
Two other caveats: First, what we have discussed in this section applies to service delivery, not regulation.
These and other caveats prevent me from giving an unqualified recommendation to this new disc.
Now, one or two caveats are worth making. Times, Sunday Times
When it comes to polling, surveys, and public opinion research, caveat emptor is the rule, not the exception.
“Caveat,” verbified by Alexander Haig (and probably others in the military) is actually a double-flip. The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs”
Posted June 28, 2007 6: 01 AM caveat bettor writes: Anti-Finance Bias, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
That simple gesture undercuts all the caveats, qualifications and circumlocutions.
All they can deliver is some possibility, perhaps even some probability, that things will be paid for, but with the caveat that if you are unlucky and they decide to fight you, you and your loved ones will be forced to deal with heartless greedy corporations at a time when they are already facing maximum pain and vulnerability, because they or someone they love is sick. Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Death of the Public Option
For him and his reporters, they report in straightforward, declarative sentences, with none of the caveats that Bennett mentions.
There is also a caveat to the unemployment numbers. Times, Sunday Times
Given the complexities of pharmacology, there is justification for this caveat.
A caveat also needs to be applied to the growth case.
Support is hedged with caveats about how he must act differently. Times, Sunday Times
There is one caveat, though. The Sun
He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
Well, with the caveats that I just made, I think we can say that is true.
China's overall prospects are explicated given specific caveat concerning China's distinctive pragmatic and cautious approach of implementing a market system along a political control by a one party system -- its longevity and stability will be subject to conjecture. Nake M. Kamrany: China's Growing Economic Strength in the 21st Century
Caveat emptor [let the buyer beware] is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from dishonest stony-hearted Rome. Corporate responsibility? | clusterflock
a caveat against unfair practices
Any discussion of legal action must be preceded by a caveat on costs.
There was one caveat: he was not to enter into a merger or otherwise weaken the Roche family's control of the firm.
We should add some caveats. Times, Sunday Times
Had the caveats been upheld a marriage certificate could not have been issued and the civil wedding at Windsor Guildhall would not have gone ahead.
The caveat regarding government figures is a necessary health warning.
The sale is subject to the caveat emptor principle.
It has taken about 18 months for private sector employment to stabilise - with the caveats that you set out - but no one has addressed the excessive and expensive overmanning of the public sector and the inevitable job losses this ought to entail. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
The caveat is: you still need a powerful machine to crank them out.
As a second caveat, I also reserve the right to say no to a book, if I'm really opposed to it for some reason or another.
Having laid out that caveat, allow me to simply state that the success of Twilight befuddles me more than any one book/movie franchise. Archive 2010-04-01
And here's what Tom Emmer came up with after nearly an hour of hemming, hawing, caveating, and explaining. The Cucking Stool
He remains bullish about his nation's prospects, albeit with a caveat. Times, Sunday Times
Whether or not these various caveats should have had argumenta - tive power in theology is perhaps a question; but that they did in fact strike home with many clergymen, laymen, and theologians is not to be doubted, and indicates how widely shared was the secular mood which they expressed. IDEA OF GOD SINCE 1800
No doubt, all counsel seek to enter a caveat of the kind just entered.
Promotion was a further carrot, though like the former hedged round with qualifications and caveats.
But do bear in mind those caveats. Times, Sunday Times
The first ever Museum of Modern Art reopened its doors last month and among the oohs and aahs over its new Manhattan building could be heard an undeniable, niggling caveat.
There was one caveat: he was not to enter into a merger or otherwise weaken the Roche family's control of the firm.
I say that with just the one caveat. Times, Sunday Times
I accepted the position with one caveat: I wanted to have the blessing of my company and of the people I work for here.
(And of course the usual caveats apply to the extent that you want to use my reports as summaries; I strive for accuracy, but I am not a transcriptionist.) Archive 2009-05-01
MQuinn: The emailer could have easily prefaced her comments with a paragraph explicitly expressing the unlikelihood that African Americans are inferior, or that any disparities in IQ testing are likely the products of environment, or some other caveat that softened the blow of herÂemail. The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities
Caveat lector: Some Web sites say, incorrectly, that this book includes an essay by Jane Smiley (making you wonder if she was scheduled to appear in it but bailed out in favor of the more flattering lighting of Mr. Wrong). 2009 August 24 « One-Minute Book Reviews
a caveat filed against the probate of a will
An important caveat is that, when instrument designs change, this can affect not only the daytime heating of the thermistor but can also affect the accuracy at night.
That caveat being - they must in fact be khaki, and not cotton poplin or chino, they must be dark beige and a heavier weight than simply cotton pants. I get email... Reader Tim challenges me with "Khaki" - dfi
(One caveat: I do blow past the plastic pumkins, etc., at the local Walmart.) (Okay no, two caveats: I can't bring myself to appreciate the coronas available throughout town.) bournemouth D�a de Muertos vs. Halloween?
There was a caveat: it might be worthwhile if you're a heavy exerciser. Times, Sunday Times
Mumbai's ordeal-by-deluge holds important caveats for India's dynamic of unconsidered, runaway urbanisation.
The only caveat is they have a tendency to bolt to flower and seed as days become longer in spring.
Caveat: The diagnosis of xanthelasmata and arcus corneae was based on a visual inspection, and milder cases may have been missed, researchers said. To Keep Hearing Young, Play an Instrument
My only caveat - be careful of those that call upon destiny and fate to push their own agenda.
Caveat emptor [let the buyer beware] is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from dishonest stony-hearted Rome. Corporate responsibility? | clusterflock
There was one caveat: he was not to enter into a merger or otherwise weaken the Roche family's control of the firm.
They are both psychological harms, with the one caveat that in a competitive market, being disinvited from a handful of restaurants is not much of a loss. The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism
For Indian readers, a caveat - there were no desis on the list of regional winners this year, which isn't surprising.
Of course when you live in NZ there are some caveats with buying consumer electronics direct from Japan.
But there is one huge caveat. Times, Sunday Times
Mill famously advanced a nuanced utilitarianism, in which the principle of greatest happiness included the caveat that there were qualitatively distinct kinds of happiness.
Another common caveat to incontestability clauses limits the period of disability.
All of this I must say with the caveat that I am a syntactician and not a phonetician; these are impressions not based in observation but introspection, and there is no quicker way to discover a false truth than introspection. “Ms.”-ing the point « Motivated Grammar
I enter a caveat against male friendships, which are only fit for ladies of the salamandrine order. The History of Emily Montague
According to the next sentence, the wife could have registered what we would call a caveat and she could only do that if she had a proprietary interest.
One should begin by acknowledging some obvious caveats and qualifications.
With the caveat that almost every figure in this survey is suspect, it can at least be said that the world travel and tourism industry is huge.
The only caveat is to do it in small batches. Times, Sunday Times
The DLO case is a nicely designed flip-top, with one caveat that might not make it for everyone. Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: iPod Touch Accessories
The important caveat is that they are not just doing it for money. Times, Sunday Times
Despite each of these caveats, many clinicians will choose to use a specific treatment such as bromocriptine or dantrolene because drugs have a low risk of significant toxicity compared to the NMS, and they may be beneficial.
In the midst of the recently resurgent debate in Britain about whether our drug laws are working – or require a major overhaul – the experience of Portugal has become a crucial piece of evidence in favour of a radical approach that has confounded the expectations of even its conservative critics, so much so that in the last month British officials have asked their Portuguese counterparts for advice, with the only caveat being that they avoid mentioning the word "decriminalise". What Britain could learn from Portugal's drugs policy
With this graphic, the 18 caveating words are no longer caveating, dissonant with the message the graphic sends, but are reinforcing. A. Siegel: How many words is a graphic worth? WashPost temperature chart & ClimateGATE
Of course, the usual caveats apply. PLACEBO: The Belief Effect
Caveat: Technical difficulties plus contamination of some uterine samples prevented collection of trophoblast cells from every patient. Getting Closer to the Root of What Causes Baldness
In the past week many new accounts were launched by large providers, but most come with painful caveats. Times, Sunday Times
It is an interesting notion, though there are some huge caveats. Times, Sunday Times
I recommend the deal, but with certain caveats.
`I know of no legal injunction, Talmudic proscription, papal Bull or other caveat pertaining to the playing of music on Wednesday. C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
There remain important caveats about property investment. Times, Sunday Times
Two other caveats: First, what we have discussed in this section applies to service delivery, not regulation.
The intellectual exercise of caveating, no matter how important you think it is, has already caused people to miss doubles or triples. BloggingStocks
What is uncertain, and is a critical caveat to the entire reconstruction, is that the top edge of the fragment is a portion of the top edge of the stele to which it belonged, as is maintained.
Preliminary and provisional findings are presented, sometimes before peer review and without appropriate caveats, as proof of links between lethal diseases and familiar products or activities.
With those caveats in mind, here's the lowdown. Times, Sunday Times
We must sound a caveat to the regime that the New DEAL will not sit supinely and see its members being bullyragged.
However, some caveats and limitations must be noted.
Of course, it comes with all the usual caveats. Times, Sunday Times
If he'd just said "bands like Brand New and Fall Out Boy", you wouldn't even think of recommending Rites of Spring, so why do so just because he's used the word "emo", in inverted commas, and followed by the caveat "I've taken a slightly deconstructionalist view and decided that since all signifying words are subjective, and the two words of the thread title doubly so, it was was safer to use quotation marks"? Drowned In Sound // Feed
I am picking these items to show how editors accepted accusations without foundation, and name calling without caveat or caution.
A caveat for these experiments is that the ewes were given betamethasone approximately 40 hours before studying the lambs because during previous experiments preterm lambs did not breathe after Cesarean delivery.
There's a legal term, caveat emptor, which means buyer beware, so when viewing it pays to be suspicious.
In the past week many new accounts were launched by large providers, but most come with painful caveats. Times, Sunday Times

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