Sentence examples for vaguely sensible from inspiring English sources

Where is the country we used to be: the one that was pragmatic, competent, careful, vaguely sensible?

He speaks of his ideas for perhaps ten minutes, but with the exception of a few scattered observations he never says anything that seems even vaguely sensible.

They surely do not, and only within a Beltway surrounded by Wall Street and big-money interests could anyone think that is vaguely sensible".

But the biggest surprise of the night was when key Republican candidates were engaging in a vaguely sensible discussion of criminal justice policy.

Rio's new plan is for cash returns to shareholders to be 40%-60 40%-60rnings, which is vague but sensible.

There is a simple calculation here: if UBS's analysis is even vaguely correct, the sensible response is to reject the offer and wait for greater value to emerge from Sky over time.

Again, there's something sensible, even vaguely patriotic, about buying stuff, even after people used cheap credit to spend themselves into a ditch.

Unlike Lord Snooty, I suspect he may have had a bit of help drafting it, though both vaguely hope that a sensible and workable arrangement can be found that protects both a robust inquiring press and victims of its abuses.

Even if a site-by-site approach is sensible, does a vague approach (e.g., Gap.com's as described in the Introduction) to notifying users of online profiling constitute adequate notice to the user that data about their surfing behavior is being collected by the website?

This should not come as a surprise, given that functions are the most efficient way to capture the key features of human artefacts, but is nevertheless particularly relevant in the context of patent analysis, where sometimes companies hide sensible information behind vague or generic technical descriptions to better protect their competitive advantage.

Among the cheapest is Barbara Covett, an unmarried, bristly woman of a certain age, vague sexuality and clichéd contour: think sensible shoes, regrettable hair, tweedy skirts, "The Children's Hour," Gertrude and Alice.