I find it eminently unlovable: if it were that handsome husband, I'd already be immune to the looks and aggravated by the inability to put the dishes in the dishwasher.
Furthermore, I consider it eminently fair for Mrs. Niederer to ask why Jenna and Barbara Bush, who probably consider themselves patriotic Americans, chose not to stand tall for their country in uniform.
So if this were my dream I would say that there is a tension between what I feel eminently able to do, and the way I have to do it.
"I can only tell you that I am eminently practical [and] that my practicality consists of this - knowing that if a man beats his head against the wall, it's his head that breaks and not the wall".
When I heard National Geographic was organizing a first descent down the Omo River, through the Grand Canyon of Africa, I wanted to join, and figured I was eminently qualified.
I think that as an expert in my field I am eminently suitable to transmit my knowledge to students and that students should not have to look up that knowledge for themselves.
Earlier this week, it took the intervention of senior Guardian management to put a stop to a mooted hurtle round the Olympic mountain-biking track I'd been "volunteered" for, presumably on the grounds that, while I'm eminently dispensable, replacing a mangled bicycle and smashed helmet-cam would be prohibitively expensive in these times of austerity.
The spiritual undercurrent of "Before I" was eminently clear.
"Well, given my boardroom experience here and overseas, I am eminently qualified to speak on the subject.
I'm eminently qualified to analyze this situation, having been -- in this order -- a devout Catholic, a regular Catholic, a doubting Catholic, a former Catholic and (currently) an agnostic.
