Sentences with phrase «make arguable»

But a 60-fold growth in global economic output is a sobering prospect — enough to make arguable, at least, Trainer's assessment that «no plausible assumptions regarding technical advance, energy conservation, etc. could show that the problems can be solved...» It's a point echoed by others such as Mark Lynas.

You make an arguable point about Bob May's description of CO2 as the principal greenhouse gas.

Intro to Tech lays the foundations for any technical diver's development, making it arguable one of the most important courses for any technical diving instructor to teach.

Not exact matches

Less obvious, but perhaps, arguable would be older and younger siblings where the older sibling has more perceived power, however it could take many forms, and might be argued that any close familial relationship is likely to develop a hierarchy of power, or pecking order, that invalidates any equal position in which to make a valid consent.

Enforcement will be hampered in arguable cases, and courts will make mistakes, sometimes punishing sincere but unconvincing believers while exempting more convincing fakers.

Berger's is in many ways a minimalist Christian proposition, but there is an at least arguable case to be made that it is all that we can with integrity sustain.

If the zeros mean lacking modal status then it is arguable that any view with a zero, excepting O.o, is unacceptable in the sense that it makes an arbitrary distinction between modal terms as applied to God and the world.

It is arguable that, had Einstein known a metaphysics more favorable to quantum physics than the Spinozism and other similar doctrines influencing him, he might not have spent the latter decades of his life vainly attempting to recover the absolute «incarnate reason» of classical causality which had been made irrelevant by twentieth - century discoveries, including his own.

But it is certainly arguable that both faith and justice necessarily have metaphysical implications and that it is of the utmost importance theologically for these implications to be made fully explicit.

And I don't necessarily disagree, I'm just saying that @jc's point would be more arguable, perhaps, as a weak analogy fallacy rather that the ad hominem s / he chose, since the crux of the argument is the comparison, not the person making the argument.

Finally, it is arguable that Marsden makes too little of the chasm dividing Christian and secular scholars.

The only arguable difference is that on average, the other NL West starters made one more start than Padres» ST starters.

Nevertheless, I am an attorney with 25 years experience, 13 of which were as a criminal defense attorney, and the video makes clear that by legal standards, the young lady WAS the aggressor — twice — no matter what was said prior (words are never an excuse for an attack) and yes Mixon has a valid (at least arguable) self defense case.

As with all his trolling, Mourinho's pronouncement is a cleverly balanced mix of a truth, arguable assumptions, and important omissions — all in the service of making himself look good.

With the (arguable) exception of football and the Grand National, I tend to make predictions where I think I have better information than other people opining on them (political events; leadership contests, etc).

How do you make an American icon and the arguable granddaddy of modern superheroes seem fresh?

Alien invasion thriller made in Derby, the arguable high point of which is an extended cameo from Jean - Claude Van Damme.

It's certainly not the perfect option for that, having been subject to all sorts of criticism from its treatment of race relations to its arguable redemption arc for arguably its most despicable character to its stereotypical look at small town America (a movie made by an Irish director about the flaws of America seems like it could get an extra boost from a voting body like the HFPA).

The adaptation of E.L. James» erotic novel has grossed $ 558 million worldwide, with many crediting the film's success to Taylor - Johnson's arguable improvements over the source material and Dakota Johnson's star - making performance.

Whether or not it makes this important point by the end of the film is arguable, but from my point of view I felt something was definitely missing and, sad to say it, I believe this thing is «The Point of it All».

David Koechner has been appearing in comedic roles since the mid-1990s, when he was part of the «Saturday Night Live» ensemble, but it's arguable that his real breakout role didn't occur'til 2004, when he played Champ Kind in «Anchorman» and made the word «whammy» into a catchphrase.

Plenty of writers made their bones within these parameters, though it's arguable that few had more influence than Lois Duncan, Christopher Pike, and R. L. Stine, who hit the YA scene, respectively, with I Know What You Did Last Summer (1978), Slumber Party (1985), and Blind Date (1986).

If it is possible, the topic of a short essay should be arguable and provocative in order to make the discussion engaging.

This claim is made by other companies such as Samsung with the Galaxy Note 7, so whether it's actually the best at security is arguable.

The one arguable reason to own commodities is to treat them as a random bouncing number, which may enhance returns (as long as you rebalance) even if on average commodities don't make money over inflation.

Whether majority of customers ever actually use and benefit from these perks is something arguable and makes these perks not the best substitute for the signup bonus.

While Bungie hadn't announced anything, it would make sense for them to update the game in April this year like they did last year, and arguable last year's update made players happier than The Taken King expansion did.

Cuphead It's arguable whether having two players on screen makes this game any easier, but it sure feels better to get crushed into the dirt by classic cartoon - based villains with a friend by your side.

Breath of the Wild is arguable the best Zelda game ever made.

We discussed the pressures of creating what is arguable one of the most eagerly - anticipated video games ever and the difficult balancing act of making the franchise more accessible while still pleasing long time fans of the series.

In this case, mt's nuanced presentation looks to me like he requires science and evidence to be reality based but he shares a variety of observations that we all make that are not necessarily arguable.

Of course, it is arguable as to whether the underlying approach is new, or simply the fact that it has been made explicit is new.

According to the same source, Honda will probably continue to make the Insight hybrid even though sales are very slow (less than 100 per month) for the bragging right of having the most fuel efficient hybrid (though it's arguable that the Toyota Prius is relatively more efficient if you consider that it is heavier, roomier, more powerful and doesn't use as much expensive aluminum to reduce weight).

Viewing the same facts in the light of the law, an argument can be made («it is arguable») that nothing in the facts demonstrates such an increased risk.

[As regards the fourth submission Mr Nathan relies on another dictum of Potter LJ in Downing where he said: «The burden of proving that any of the grounds in s. 9 (4) has been made out lies upon the claimant and, if the defendant can raise an arguable case in favour of validity, a stay should be granted: Hume v AA Mutual International Insurance Co Ltd [1996] LRLR 19.»]

It is arguable that the reasoning of the Court of Justice, relying on the non-blanket nature of the ban does implicitly take into account the points made by the ECHR in Hirst.

It is also arguable that they do not go far enough, that further specific guidance should have been included (the IBA guidelines, for example, go much further), and more powerful sanctioning powers made available to the tribunal.

It is helpful to have a clear ruling on the position and it is arguable that the ET and / or EAT would have been stretching the wording of the legislation to make such an award for injury to feelings under the WTR 1998.

As government lawyers who help ground decision - making in the international rule of law we have a crucial role to play in ensuring that the short - term and expedient solution to any given problem — which may be legally arguable - is set in the wider political and legal context that protects the UK's longer - term interests in having a responsive but robust international legal system.

If it were otherwise it would appear to follow that a defendant who had at least as good a chance of showing that he did not agree to litigate in England as the claimant had of showing that he did, would be likely to find himself compelled to litigate in England, on the footing that, once a good arguable case was made out in favour of an English exclusive jurisdiction clause, discretionary considerations would be unlikely to call for the case to be decided elsewhere.

In those circumstances the court was justified in applying the good arguable test in that manner in order to avoid the risk of compelling individuals or companies to submit to a jurisdiction to which they ought not in truth to be made subject.

If the child has a brain injury or some kind of mental incapacitation where they can not make choices for themselves, it is arguable that the statute of limitations will not run out until that disability is handled.

It's arguable they had a virtual budgetary gun to their head and weren't able to make a rational decision.

It's also pretty arguable that his popularity on Twitter is a direct result of his office as President, and hence making money by publicly and messily leaving their service will result in a breach of accepted ethical standards and potential impeachment even if no specific law has been broken.

It is arguable that no express mention need be made of NOT making any restrictive declaration; the Convention should be presumed to apply according to its principal terms, unless specified to the contrary.

Crown courts and magistrates» courts across the country are inundated with the usual festive bail applications, made by practitioners who might think they have an arguable case to get their clients around the Christmas tree for the festivities, but who are, more likely than not, under pressure of a unique sort from their clients who have totally unrealistic expectations that they can be «out for Christmas».

The judge held that the claimant had a reasonable prospect of success in his claim, and indeed the better side of the argument; that, although there was a good arguable case for English law and jurisdiction, the claimant did not have the better argument — in respect of jurisdiction, the defendant had much the better side of the argument; and that since it was common ground that if the contracts had been made, they had been made in England, the English court had a basis for exercising its discretion to take jurisdiction under CPR 6.20 (5)(a)(now 6BPD.3 — 3.1 (6)(a).

A consultant neuro - psychologist gave evidence that it was «arguable» that F lacked litigation capacity but he was «inclined to think» that she could make decisions about her care.

(iii) The points had to be such to make it seriously arguable that the decision would otherwise be different, but the decision was one for the prosecutor and not for the court.

In 2014, for example, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance held that a claimant whose name was often paired with «triad member» in Autocomplete had a good arguable case of defamation to proceed with and dismissed a claim of summary dismissal application made by Google in Dr Yeung Sau Shing Albert v Google Inc (hereinafter referred to as Yeung v Google).