Labour shadow housing minister Jack Dromey said "many of the measures recommended in this report are sensible, for instance on the use of public land, on attracting investment and on standards in the private rented sector".
Not only are many of the rules that have attained, over the years, the moral stature of Law unbelievably stupid -- "whites only" restrooms, drinking fountains and lunch counters come to mind -- even the sensible laws, against, for instance, robbery and murder, are permeated with exceptions that protect the socially powerful.
For instance, biologically sensible species delimitation of plant pathogens is crucial for measures such as plant protection or biological control and for comparative studies involving model organisms.
When he sacks the two Jewish workers, for instance, the more sensible and principled Miss Kenton objects furiously – and yet steps back from resigning as she threatens.
Indeed, Mr Rodrik is well aware of these problems when he lays out his principles for "sensible industrial policy", arguing for instance that governments should avoid open-ended incentives that in time entrench incumbents and raise consumer prices.
Governments thinking of planting forests or creating nature reserves, for instance, can put sensible numbers on the value people attribute to them, and thus work out whether the land in question would be better used for agricultural or recreational purposes.Yet, as the story of Zaglossus attenboroughi suggests, these methods have their limits.
The character is often befuddled by many of the actions of society and is often neurotic in a "different" way the character in How to Watch Football, for instance, finds it sensible for a normal fan to forgo the live experience and read the recap in the local papers.
But Monbiot's case for repairing flood-damaged land, for instance, also seems eminently sensible and not "wild" at all.
This extension of names, whose natural habitat is sensible things, to God is another instance of analogous naming for Thomas.
For instance, an ERV with equal sensible and latent effectiveness should be operated when either the outdoor enthalpy or temperature is greater than that of the indoor air.
