Once again, western leaders are giving a new Russian tsar the benefit of doubt.
Replays suggested Johnson had missed the ball but the rules state that the on-field umpire should be given the benefit of doubt.
They asked us not to announce our findings publicly, and we agreed, giving them the benefit of our work and the benefit of the doubt.
Though Germany may be readier than others to give him the benefit of doubt, the West is unlikely to welcome Belarus, under Mr Lukashenka's thumb, as a prospective candidate to western clubs.
In a world with more choices and less clarity about what we should buy or how we should feel about products and services, what leads us to recommend, stay loyal to, purchase from, or give the benefit of doubt to certain companies?
Courts are rigorously literal in passing on questions of ambiguity in the questions and the response of witnesses under oath and generally give the accused the benefit of any doubt on possible interpretations of the questions and the meaning of the allegedly perjurious response.
The lesson for China of Japan's policy change - the result of an unprecedented budget deficit - is that foreign investors may not give the benefit of the doubt to Chinese New Deal infrastructure plans next year if private consumption and investment fail to pick up.
And I'm sure when people at the SEC saw a complaint against the former chairman of NASDAQ, somebody who was an advisor to the SEC, they start out giving him the benefit of the doubt.
When the Israeli commandos boarded that last boat in the flotilla and, after being attacked with metal rods, killed nine of their attackers, they were acting in a world without the moral authority to give them the benefit of the doubt.
But put this debate aside for the moment, and give Bikram the benefit of the doubt.
I'd like to give it the benefit of the doubt, but the vultures are circling above.
Another reader chose to equalize the discussion by giving executives the benefit of the doubt.
What is odd is that many others give him the benefit of the doubt.
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The stockmarket is giving Mr Mason, thanks to his record, the benefit of the doubt.
"We all wanted to give Raj the benefit of the doubt, " Ms. Gorman said.
They trust Lula's good intentions, and seem willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
"We probably ought to give him the benefit of the doubt, " said a senior defense official.
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Lum's ability to come this far gives her the benefit of the doubt with many analysts.
The Coalition has now lost the benefit of the doubt on its central purpose.
Then the doctors gave her the benefit of the doubt and let Joyce bring up her children.
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"To quote Rupert Murdoch, 'You've got to give the planet the benefit of the doubt', " Flannery said.
Should we give them the benefit of the doubt that they never thought the videos would come out?
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The accusations alone are so damning that people are unwilling to give Rodriguez the benefit of the doubt.
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Moody's and Fitch, the two main rival agencies, have for now given America the benefit of the doubt.
"He deserves the benefit of the doubt, because there's no evidence against him, " said conservative activist Bay Buchanan.
Asia tends to be quite hierarchical, they give you the benefit of the doubt based on the position.
Let's let the Red Sox have the benefit of the doubt and concede that this claim is true.
We can teach them to give others the benefit of the doubt, particularly those with whom they disagree.
For now, investors are giving suburban office REITs the benefit of the doubt even as REITs overall are weak.
We feel it is unfair that a top player is getting the benefit of the doubt from the Tour.
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