Sentences with phrase «certain cogency»

There's a certain cogency to Apatow-esque stories of 30 - and 40 - somethings longing to retain their youth, but «Digging for Fire» hits so many wrong notes that, frankly, it's an embarrassment to the genre.

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Many of the current «young evangelical» writers grew up in the «60s, and could not resist the perceived cogency of certain cultural trends — for instance, racial and sexual equality, or nonviolence.

The cogency of the belief that alcoholism is the simple result of drinking alcohol is even more seriously challenged by certain sub-cultural studies.

This definition has been developed through case law into a multi-point test which states that the «belief» must be more than a mere viewpoint or opinion; it must attain a certain level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance and it must be worthy of respect in a democratic society and not be incompatible with human dignity and / or conflict with the fundamental rights of others.