Bioethicists have shown that arguments for this practice are patently unsound, relying either on a patent misunderstanding of the patient-physician relationship or a gross confusion of an individual's medical good with her overall best interest.
If that were the reality, no one could assert with any merited confidence that tooth fairies are definitely behind the inexplicable disappearance of teeth, but the idea would not be so patently absurd either.
His insistence England "are gonna win" in France next summer was so patently presumptuous it was either mischievously antagonistic or wilfully ignorant.
McConnell, the time-keeper; McCain, the two-time loser; Boehner, the king of iteration, but at the end of that marathon session one thing became patently clear, "You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem".
Even early claims of success turned out to be either unsupported[22] or patently false[23].
Either way, it's patently ridiculous to contend that allies are allies based on how many times they sit down for a cup of coffee.
Pity crept in... ...... Neither detestation nor admiration stood in the way of his view that we are all, either vaguely or patently, a little absurd, as, of course, we all are.
Pity crept in... .. Neither detestation nor admiration stood in the way of his view that we are all, either vaguely or patently, a little absurd, as, of course, we all are.
"When he says something that's patently false, start at 'you're either lying or you're completely uninformed' and work your way back," explains Chez Pazienza in the Daily Banter this week.
But the statute failed to define either "indecent" or "patently offensive," thus creating uncertainty as to precisely what kind of materials it prohibited.
Some claims are either entirely self-evident or are patently untrue and have no viable evidence to support them, making them inappropriate for substantive debate.
