If so, we should be cutting back on private contractors, as the critics are suggesting, because there is no desirable end in sight.
Portsmouth, under its third owner in less than a year, sits on land that would be desirable real estate if there were no soccer club.
Similarly, if nothing is at stake, there can be no desirable or undesirable outcome, hence no fear or hope, and consequently no suspense.
However, it is irrational and poor-spirited not to seek conveniences for fear of losing them, for upon the same account we should not allow ourselves to like wealth, glory, or wisdom, since we may fear to be deprived of all these; nay, even virtue itself, than which there is no greater nor more desirable possession, is often suspended by sickness or drugs.
It revealed that, in Spanish universities, there was no agreement on the desirable number of students in the labs, the time to be dedicated to practical sessions, the CAD software to be used or its type (parametric or not) or on the system of evaluation.
There was no central reserve, because, although desirable for emergencies, it might prove dangerous in peacetime.
There is no prospect, in fact, of desirable flats — that is, apartments of any size, con venient, light and airy — be ing other than expensive in this city.
Yet leaving aside whether it's desirable, there is no such thing as complete equality, and attempts to bring it about have inevitably led to the worst kinds of repression.
While there is no doubt that prevention is desirable, the evidence of the benefits of early intervention and treatment for older hospitalised patients with dementia is unclear.
Yet, the huge prices paid when the occasion warranted it proved that there is no shortage of money for desirable art.
