Sentence examples for is not untenable from inspiring English sources

Sustained perseverative responding over many sessions has also been observed after lead exposure (Rice and Karpinski 1988); therefore, this hypothesis is not untenable.

There is a strong feeling that the Longhorn Network is not an untenable impediment, as the Pac-12 and ESPN have brokered much more complicated deals.

Gail Feigenbaum, the exhibition's curator, suggests that "A Cotton Office" sums up the past, while "Cotton Merchants" represents the future of Degas's art, and this is not an untenable concept... Degas never again duplicated the psychological penetration and empathy of the Musson family portraits, which he took home with him and kept in his studio for the rest of his life.

(See also Haslanger [2000a] for a discussion of why gender realism is not necessarily untenable, and Stoljar [2011] for a discussion of Mikkola's critique of Spelman).

The first round of oral arguments began on Wednesday, with Australia taking the floor for three days to set out its case that Japan's position that its whaling activities are for scientific purposes "is not only untenable, it is dangerous" for whale populations.

The AUMF premise, no matter how it gets tweaked, is enabling a system of eternal warfare, a reality that is not only financially untenable for a nation in deep debt, but also ethically indefensible.

"This is not just irresponsible; it is untenable for a UNFCCC process that wants to remain relevant".

In a statement to the Swindon Advertiser,  Di Canio added: "With the club selling one of our best players behind my back and continually making promises that are broken, I feel at this moment that my job is not just impossible but is untenable.

"Privately, he's telling people that if the alliance hold on Kabul is not broken, his position could become untenable".

There is very obviously a level of sexism or misogyny at which Scudamore's position would have become untenable, but this is not it – certainly not for anyone who understands the importance of a grasp of nuance and degree if arguments against the bigoted and benighted are to be won.

He asserts that it is enough, when proving that any given subject is empty of intrinsic existence, to lead the interlocutor, through reasoning, to the unwelcome consequences (prasaṅga) in their own untenable position; it is not necessary to demonstrate the thesis based on reasoning that presupposes any sort of intrinsic (=autonomous) existence.