Sentence examples for while sensible from inspiring English sources

Neither of these ideas, while sensible enough in itself, is remotely radical enough for Republicans' tastes.

As is often the case with financial regulation that follows a crisis, the risk is that the new rules, while sensible on paper, will be too late.

The restaurant's brief wine list, while sensible, won't wow anyone, though James provides a full bar, which many restaurants like it don't.

For most countries, the shift from bilateral aid programmes to multilateral partners, while sensible in that it streamlines efforts, means a shift from grants to loans.

While sensible in some cases, it can take a longer time to bear fruit.

Net radiation and ground heat flux both reached minimum values 1 2 h after sunset and then gradually increased towards sunrise, while sensible and latent heat flux remained close to zero.

Sanford argues that while (vii) is sensible, (viii) "has things backward" (Sanford 1989, 176 7).

Be sensible while on the Internet.

He says Labour will oppose Mr Osborne's "quite extreme" plans to cut departmental spending by 40 per cent, while supporting "sensible savings" in the government-wide spending review in November.

Mr Bush's moral agenda and anti-terrorist legislation, while seemingly sensible responses to current trends, may easily be misused to undermine the ability of the opposition to voice an opinion effectively.

As things stand now, the administration is again looking for showy but questionable ways to reinforce Mr. Bush's identity as a wartime president, while ignoring sensible and effective low-tech strategies to reinforce homeland security.