Sentence examples for but permissible from inspiring English sources

But permissible does not always mean accepted.

In the end, the Isis clerics ruled that immolation is "forbidden in principle" but "permissible in cases of reciprocity".

Preemptive strikes by countries that reasonably believe that an attack upon them is imminent are controversial but permissible under international law, provided that the criteria of necessity and proportionality are present.

A lawsuit over Mr. Moss's death was settled last February after his wife, Natalie, sued her husband's direct supervisors — rare, but permissible in Wyoming — saying that they had known about the exposed cable but had done nothing, said Kristeen Hand, the Moss family's lawyer.

To wit, on some streets, it is forbidden to smoke but permissible to burn a flag; you may post porn on the Internet but you can't pray in school; if we normal citizens lie to Congress it's a felony, if Congress lies to us, it's just politics.

Professor Letterman's loss of confidence is hard to explain if the information about her borderline status were simply news of a different but permissible way of describing her.

Such releases are illegal in most developed countries, but still permissible in China and India.

(The consumption of alcoholic beverages, for instance, is illegal for Omani citizens but is permissible for visitors in licensed dining establishments).

Are we to conclude that statistics should not be used to mitigate punitive state measures, but are permissible when used to increase them?

According to the WSJ, wireless communication aboard airplanes is already in existence and use internationally but not permissible in the United States.

For instance, it explains why sex with minors is largely agreed to be morally objectionable within contemporary liberal societies but morally permissible within some traditional societies.