The phrase "a sensible debate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a discussion that is logical, reasonable, and well thought out.
Example: "The panel engaged in a sensible debate about the implications of climate change on future generations."
Alternatives: "a rational discussion" or "a reasoned dialogue".
We want to restart a sensible debate".
I welcome a sensible debate about improving our justice system.
But we do this country's great history no favours unless we have a sensible debate.
It is ridiculous, and I want to go back to a sensible debate".
And I know why they hate it, but there's a failure to have a sensible debate".
On this basis there can be a sensible debate across all parties, dealing with the realities of constitutional change.
Mr Tate said: "For years we have had a problem with both sides in this debate – those who allege a massive international conspiracy of Satanic abusers and those who say it is all nonsense – drowning out any sensible debate of a very difficult phenomenon.
If any good can come out of what has been a disgraceful episode of misreporting followed by a deeply depressing failure to salvage any sensible debate from it, it must be that government lift their collective heads out of the sand and listen to the modest demands of those who have been engaged on this vital issue for so long, including a restoration of the migration impact fund cut in June 2010.
The Bishara affair, however, may drown out any sensible debate on this delicate issue.
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va)., one of the strongest backers of the National Rifle Association NRAA) in the Democratic Party, said it is time to sit down and have a "sensible, reasonable" debate about gun control in light of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., and expressed an openness to banning assault weapons.
