Sentence examples for was not really tenable from inspiring English sources

"We found, in fact, that any other explanation for these very strong echoes was not really tenable in the light of the evidence that we had available," Orosei said.

Thus, Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell say of definitions in particular, those used in Principia Mathematica that they are "strictly speaking, typographical conveniences (1925, 11)." This viewpoint has plausibility only for regular homogeneous definitions though it is not really tenable even here.

Tenable as many of these assumptions may seem, a few of them such as assumption (5) is not really grounded because speed difference has something to do with safety.

But this normative interpretation of maximizing rationality is tenable only if it is at least conceivable that individual agents might sometimes fail to satisfy its requirements—an'ought'that it is not so much as possible to flout is not really an 'ought' at all (Lavin 2004).

At first, the three B&B rooms shared one communal bathroom, but Bella soon realised this was not tenable.

But ignoring my desire for another 10 to 12 years was not tenable.

Charming though the place was, it wasn't tenable for the long term.

"Until recently a destination restaurant wasn't tenable here this far west," said Joseph Bastianich, an owner of Esca.

So a big problem came when I felt that considering myself an outsider wasn't tenable any more.

The situation simply wasn't tenable.

"For us, it wasn't tenable in the long run".