But it would be a mistake to mandate such standards without first considering economic feasibility.
You cannot express a thought without first considering all the neighboring thoughts that it is not.
Polls showed widespread support, and the press and TV were unexpectedly interested and kind at first, considering how easy we were to make fun of.
Jo and I had a long chat when she was first considering standing for parliament about the impact on her family.
(When Mr. Chaikin was first considering adapting "Texts" for the stage, Beckett proposed alternating a recorded voice with the live voice of an actor).
In 1996, when the film's director, Kimberly Peirce, was first considering actresses for "Boys Don't Cry," she thought Ms. Sevigny too young to play Lana.
You can understand why Firth worried, on first considering the BBC script, about donning the mantle, or shirt, if you will.
Four years ago, I interviewed Ms Torres when she was first considering a French publisher's suggestion that she should re-write Women's Barracks.
Partly it's because the book moves slowly, in wide eddies, first considering sugar, then fat, then salt, whose functions are nominally different but ultimately the same.
Perhaps it is the event of McTaggart first considering the unreality of time.
Considering moderation without first considering mediation is probably a limited strategy.
