Sentence examples for yet defensible from inspiring English sources

His public speeches, though, more often feature lines such as this: "Grant us...a national government in Hungary, which sees the world through Hungarian eyes, thinks with a Hungarian mind and senses in its heart a Hungarian beat".That could just be a robust yet defensible bid to appeal to patriotic voters.

But his attempt to occupy a substantial yet defensible relativist position is a failure.

Information scarcity and access to proprietary bank networks has made the operation of financial services a mysterious, yet defensible 'black box' capability.

Some think that religious doctrines do make a difference to scientific practice, yet are defensible for all that (Plantinga 1996).

This is an ethical framework developed by Daniels and Sabin that aims to be 'a practical, yet theoretically defensible, account of how societies should set limits to and priorities for health care' (Eddy 1991).

In Reasons and Persons, Parfit is officially agnostic on the proper approach (he claims that arguments for both stances are defensible, yet also can be defensibly denied; see Parfit 1984, 311 312).

"There is a lack of understanding in that most people, if they knew about a ticking bomb scenario, would say torture was defensible, yet we insist on saying 'we never do it'.

It was left to Nietzsche and his grappling with tragedy and pessimism, to question whether affirmation might yet be a defensible option.

While attempting to defuse the situation, it is important to keep your hands in a defensible yet non-aggressive position.

"But I've yet to see any defensible data on how much cargo of what kinds and from what destinations will likely be passing through the region in the next 20, 30, 40, or 50 years".

Yet, rather like the even less defensible West Berlin during the cold war, they have gained a symbolic importance that means they cannot be abandoned.