Sentence examples for rationale than from inspiring English sources

The $40bn project was always driven more by a political rationale than a business case.

If big-time college athletics is to find its way, there has to be a greater rationale than self-interest.

Wyden and Udall are backing legislative efforts to disclose more information about how the government interprets its surveillance authorities, and also to restrict the surveillance on Americans' phone records, which depends on a different legal rationale than section 702 of the Fisa Amendments Act.

That seemed more a rationale than a reason, but Mr. Bush's articulation of it now effectively precludes his naming Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Ms. Miers's predecessor as White House counsel, to the court, as some aides have long suggested he might like to do.

And the one that is "good" seems to actually have a weaker rationale than the one who is "evil".

The most recent literature describes a novel aragonite-based osteochondral scaffold applied into clinical practice (Agili-C™, CartiHeal (2009) Ltd, Israel), developed in shape of cylinders, with a similar surgical rationale than the mosaic-like osteochondral autograft transplantation.

Most countries with indications models permit much broader rationales than Romney proposes -- 36 countries allow abortion to preserve a woman's physical health, 23 countries add preservation of mental health as an acceptable indication, and another 14 only require that women offer a socioeconomic reason.

When high school students were asked to reflect on their inquiry work, they produced conclusions with significantly better rationales than students who did not need to self-evaluate (Toth, Suthers, & Lesgold, 2002).

Maureen Huff, a Time Warner spokeswoman, refused to discuss the company's geographic rationale other than to say that individual systems decide whether to carry a preview.

He gave what was widely considered the best speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., rocking a strong endorsement of the president while arguably conveying the re-election rationale better than Mr. Obama or his campaign has.

"As with most N.D. followers and fans, who always look backward recalling all those traditional ghosts of the past (like no other school has an equally deep and rich history), the media wistfully place this media-overrated band of players No. 1, escaping any rationale other than wishful thinking and blaming it on computer rankings".