Sentence examples for more defensible than from inspiring English sources

By the internal logic of Douthat's piece, homophobia is simply more defensible than racism.

This is far more defensible than Mr. McCain's gung-ho, drill anywhere approach.

At least more defensible than his picks for the Southwest and the East: Akron and Long Island, both 16 seeds.

In this sense, intervening in the Italian and Spanish markets was more defensible than the earlier support operations for Greece, which had been clearly insolvent.

Sanitising advertising for the sake of children is no more defensible than sanitising films or censoring the Internet for their sake; harassing smokers in the name of children's welfare is no more defensible than harassing homosexuals or socialists.Even such justifiable measures as education and bans on sales to the young should not be pushed too far.

Just as Brown had touted the natural advantages of the Appalachians, Higginson highlighted northeastern Florida's proximity to the Okefenokee Swamp, which made it "infinitely more defensible" than the Sea Islands.

Australia reached 141, a much more defensible total than had seemed likely only half an hour earlier.

Convinced the Union was preparing to advance down the Mississippi River in September 1861, Polk decided Columbus, Ky., was a more defensible position than the one he occupied in Tennessee.

But while this is certainly a more defensible position than breathless technophilia, or the blithe stories of triumphally self-regulating urban ecosystems the vendors themselves peddle, I happen to believe this is not the case.

"I think the numbers paint a very much more defensible and stable situation than what we're faced with now," the senator said. .

Opt-in consent may be seen as more defensible ethically and legally than opt-out consent as it relies on a participant actively confirming that they have consented (often by ticking or initialling a box and signing a form) rather than solely omitting to withdraw consent.