Sentence examples for possible rationales from inspiring English sources

But one has to admit that it's all pretty ad hoc; it's more a matter of offering excuses, or if you prefer, possible rationales, for an empirical observation that we probably wouldn't have predicted if we didn't know it was there.

This article provides a systematic and comprehensive review and discussion of possible rationales for combining the EU ETS with RES-E support schemes.

We conclude that among other possible rationales, a lack of courtroom guidance, a defensive posture and a marketing exercise in standard expansion may explain the force of the text that we found.

We likewise advance some possible rationales for optimising the combination.

Two possible rationales might explain the relationship: increased intracranial pressure (IICP) and the "vagal-cancer" relationship.

There are a number of possible rationales underlying the policymakers' views.

What possible rationale did John McCain have for selecting Sarah Palin?

He breaks into a knowing smile, musing aloud on the possible rationale.

The reports themselves reveal a possible rationale for some of the cuts.

But my sidewalk encounter suggested a possible rationale for these purchases: they recalled an era when people were at least candid about their racial views.

The spokesman laid down a possible rationale for an assault, saying that the rebels had used the shrine and the cemetery to stockpile arms and ammunition, and were fighting from behind tombs and headstones.