Sentence examples for possible and preferable from inspiring English sources

It is possible and preferable, Karr seems to say, to give real thanks even "in this season of store-bought pies and ho-hum prayers".

The nuclear deal gave currency to the idea that negotiated settlements between the US and Iran are possible, and preferable to military posturing, sanctions and threats.

The ambition is not to predict the future, but to reach a better understanding around possible and preferable futures.

The preliminary results are encouraging, and with continuing improvements in MRI scanner technology, we expect fMRI of the hippocampal formation at higher resolution to be possible and preferable.

In a statement, Sen. Rockefeller praised his father-in-law's evenhanded political stances: "His insistence on a balanced perspective in his public life, (calling himself 'fervently moderate'), helped us understand it is both possible and preferable to live in a world without partisanship".

Thus, farming which is all-agenda-smart (rather than just climate-smart) may be possible and preferable.

Modality aspect of futures research: possible, probable and preferable futures are not to be mixed up.

Futures studies aim to explore alternative futures, which may be possible, probable and preferable.

The purposes of the futures studies are to discover or invent, examine or evaluate, and propose possible, probable and preferable futures.

[38] Accordingly, Bell claims that "[t]he purposes of the futures studies are to discover or invent, examine or evaluate, and propose possible, probable and preferable futures".

Future studies refer to the science, art, and practice of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures; this may also include worldviews and myths underlying these postulations [1].