Sentence examples for debating the rationale from inspiring English sources

Moreover, just as the United States is today debating the rationale of the Iraq war, it once debated the purpose of possessing colonies.

But instead of debating the rationale of such cost, under the current climate the best that can be hoped for is to trim away some of the excess fat, which, in political speak, invariably means reducing the number of appeals for those convicted.

Camp participants, boys ages 7 to 18, learned about the good qualities of sportsmanship, debated the rationale of different decision-making processes, wrote individual letters to the abusive characters, and wrote poems and rap songs about respect.

Elmley Foundation theatre, £7 2.30pm: Clare Short and Michael Codner The former cabinet minister Clare Short and the assistant director of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies debate the rationale for continuing Britain's nuclear force in the 21st century.

But even its allies are questioning the rationale behind clamping down on these activists now the very week the human-rights council is debating the issue.

There has been much debate about the rationale for our engagement in Afghanistan.

"A more open and honest debate about the rationale for these policies, and whether the evidence supports these positions, would be welcome".

The debate over the rationale for the war was reopened by leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, who have delivered a critical interim assessment of how intelligence agencies concluded that Iraq had forbidden weapons and ties to Al Qaeda.

A debate about the rationale for extending treatment looks very different when it concerns those who have lived the bulk of their lives rather than those who are halfway through theirs.

There is no longer debate about the rationale for diversity in boardrooms, leadership or team composition.

Supplementary Appendix 4 'Overview of product group descriptions, criteria and rationales' contains all of the debated rationales for the product-group-specific criteria, including an overview of the changes made to the original Netherlands-based criteria.