Sentence examples for make a decent case for from inspiring English sources

There have been so many superb performances from British athletes this year that you could make a decent case for all of them to win Sports Personality.

Among the six republics of old Yugoslavia, there is only one European super-star, Slovenia; and Croatia is back on a European track after wobbling off it.But as for the other countries of the region all scarred by war, anarchy or criminal nationalism a sceptic could make a decent case for writing them off.

You could actually make a decent case for Mexico to be termed the most boring team in the World Cup, given that they have qualified for the last five World Cup, have got out of the group stages every time and lost in the first knockout round every time.

The plaintiffs made a decent case for a systemic problem.

Opener "Future Starts Slow" makes a decent case for sludgy guitars, sultry vocals and straightforward song structure.

"The New York Underground, 1965-1988" turns into a marshmallow round-up-the-usual-suspects exercise, trading "underground" music for "street" music without making a decent case for the transition.

It is to the producer Yoshi Oïda's credit that he makes a decent case for performing "The Pilgrim's Progress" in an opera house rather than a church.

Using the personal stories of those who have reclaimed fractured lives through peddling, he makes a decent case for encouraging sidewalk vending as a means to improve city life.

Tranmere went for the if-it-ain't-broke-hit-it-on-the-head-with-a-hammer-and-appoint-John-Barnes approach – the removal of the eminently competent Ronnie Moore and his replacement with the still somewhat unknown quantity that is Barnes (though, Rob Smyth made a decent case for the defence a week or two ago) leaves us all wondering what to expect.

"A Short History" makes a decent case for "the female gaze," a cinema-studies concept to which I've long been a conscientious objector: the notion that the camera lens, which has been trained to ogle and dominate, can change, in female hands, launching a radical new aesthetic.

Although the album is generally regarded as inferior to both Off the Wall and Thriller, the doc makes a decent case for a reappraisal of its status as an overall package of artistic expression and control, with Jackson involved in all aspects, from the videos, the choreography, the accompanying tour, the instrumentation and production.