Without really understanding costs, how can one go forward to assess the merits and believability of scenarios.Predicting future demand is as hard if not harder.
Each year those interviewed tell the researchers that they themselves have suffered fewer crimes but they are adamant that nationally crime is on the rise.Now the Statistics Commission, the independent watchdog for official statistics, is proposing ways to improve both the numbers and their believability.
As Pi says, "If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for?""Life of Pi" is out in America now and will be in British cinemas from December 20th.
However, where the two differ is that, while a myth deals mainly in the fantastical realm of gods and goddesses playing cruel tricks on one another, a legend is usually set in a historical setting accompanied by key facts that give the story a certain amount of believability.
His ability to convincingly evoke human menace, subterfuge, and fear gave his psychological thrillers great impact while maintaining their subtlety and believability.
In fact, the similarity of a figure or an object in a forgery to that in a well-known work of art often adds to the believability of the new creation.
What looks and smells like a lack of believability in police procedure, I can't.
It really does push the boundaries of believability - but who cares?
To say that these X-Men have largely eschewed costumes to promote greater believability, to have them turn up in the same outfit each time rather defeats the intent.
5,000 Feet is endlessly credible, to the point where its believability is the thing that makes it unbelievable.
The US newcomer manages to "squeeze believability out of one of the more silly romantic entanglements in recent popular culture", says the Guardian, but Mashable reports that regrettably, "there's not nearly enough sex".
