How To Use Arguable In A Sentence

That these are things as silently present and inarguable as iron, or night. Times, Sunday Times
In fairness to Mr Wilkins, had he disputed that it would have been unarguable.
A company should not argue the inarguable, for it only harms credibility and makes motives and priorities suspect.
‘Fire kills’ is the banal but unarguable opening line of the introduction to John Prescott's new vision for the country's fire and rescue service.
Once it is shown that there is an arguable case, this becomes a question to be determined by the court on the facts.

It's usually defined as any religion that sticks very closely to a fundamental text (the Bible, Koran, Torah) and claims to have extracted some universal and inarguable truths.
Yet it is arguable that by exciting the imaginations of his audience old Leonardo helped broaden the future audience for the arts in general.
So, on any test of scrutiny or deference, there is no arguable reason for suggesting that this point of the claimant makes the determination assailable.
It is a question whether there is an arguable case that there was a breach of the rules of procedural fairness.
In assessing the risks of acting on the basis of a reasonably arguable case, you will wish to take account of the ways in which the matter might be brought before a court.
There are no obvious suspects or inarguable innocents.
`Elaine," he said, and at first she thought he was drunk but then heard the resolute, clear, unarguable: `I can't come here anymore! DANSVILLE
Standard economic argument: as long as quality is objectively ascertainable from use, the market will correct for any distortions, and more generally, if people are willing to pay more, that subjective utility is an unarguable economic value. Archive 2009-03-01
In short, though not yet fully attained, political democracy had become respectable, and Socialism had become arguable.
Indeed, it is arguable that one can only achieve ones ends by engaging in means that those who oppose you will understand and that will hurt them seriously enough to make them take notice.
This, it must be said, is pretty much inarguable.
It is inarguable, however, that batteries are at the heart of the revolution. Times, Sunday Times
That first claim is arguable, the second risible. Times, Sunday Times
For even if that be so, he must in addition show that there is an arguable case for his having recourse to the funds in question.
On the face of it, some of its key findings are inarguable.
This seems to be an arguable case, and it may be worth pursuing further. Times, Sunday Times
This mathematical progression provides unarguable evidence of the improvement made by the white shirts in the last few decades.
How long this remains the case is arguable. Times, Sunday Times
I will readily grant that this is an arguable question, but that's just the point.
Whether or not Webb is the best person for the job is arguable.
That he afterward shrank from the pursuit of perfection seems inarguable. Orson Agonistes
It is unarguable that environmental conditions that existed in the past did exist, and that they did result in the world as it is, but this, frankly, is useless information when deciding what had to happen.
Making the best of the unarguable and the inevitable was how Sarah had succeeded in holding the family together. OUT OF THE ASHES
This court, nevertheless, decided that it was arguable that the interpreter could recover a reasonable fee for work done.
I would say that Kwiec suggests that a position, which I consider barely arguable, is not only reasonable, but correct. Balkinization
There are unlosable cases, winnable cases, arguable cases and hopeless cases. Times, Sunday Times
`Elaine," he said, and at first she thought he was drunk but then heard the resolute, clear, unarguable: `I can't come here anymore! DANSVILLE
I recommend Getting Things Done, as long as you don't treat every word as immutable and inarguable. It can help you out of many bad habits.
If there truly was unarguable proof of conspiracy or lack of it there wouldn't be a marketplace for the publications.
Although it is inarguable that practically every scene is designed to evoke a kind of patronising sympathy for the men, nothing either of them does seems designed to inspire any sense of respect.
Perhaps it's even arguable whether their next door neighbours should.
Accordingly, there was no arguable case that he had a well-founded fear of persecution.
Despite the unarguable logic of the bomb, nuclear wars don't happen.
As a legal matter, this conclusion is inarguable.
It is arguable that the price China paid in that loss has only now been paid off.
Capitalism works because people protect their own property and it is unarguable that the easy name belongs to me.
While Walker's commitment to serious television documentaries is unarguable, she found herself wanting to tell the story in a more profound way, to go beyond the voice-over and the dramatic reconstruction.
It is arguable that we would be just as efficient with fewer staff.
They may not have given sufficient weight to two other factors, one an arguable hypothesis and the other a central fact of British politics.
Whether or not Webb is the best person for the job is arguable.
This is not to suggest that the new clothes themselves caused changes in femininity, although it is arguable that the clothes helped women experience their bodies in new ways. "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930
Four diplomats winning Nobel Prizes for Literature is a remarkable enough statistic, but the list overlooks other fine writer-diplomats of unarguable quality.
He is making the unarguable point that our desires and preferences have a social component.
Despite show-stopping good looks and inarguable talent, she just didn't seem to fit the mould for the ideal leading lady.
For the singer, it is arguable that success has come in spite of, rather than because of, her father.
It may be different from calling the topic at hand a "fuckhead" but it's arguable which is the better form of engagement. TPM Track Composite: Presidential Race Could Be Tightening
Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Mr Justice Simon, sitting at the High Court in London, said it might be that Ms Smith's decision was "unassailable" - but ruled that Mr McKinnon had an arguable case that should be tested in court. The Daily Record - Home
Some tragedy consoles, after all, and it is arguable that some of its consolations are facile and false.
Hope above serve your purpose however if unarguable advise alternative.
Obviously some of these are arguable statistics, but they're none the less troubling.
The truth of this is inarguable. Times, Sunday Times
It is arguable that we would be just as efficient with fewer staff.
The insurance industry may be the first corporate sector to go Green, forced there by the unarguable evidence of its own bottom line.
It is arguable that the provision does not apply to the transferor.
I leave it to you, dear reader, to draw the ninth, unstated lesson that seems to follow ineluctably from these eight relatively inarguable propositions.
I want to read more paragraphs that expand on that sort of critical response, not several hundred words of a highly arguable and at least somewhat mistaken compact history of alternative comics.
And it is arguable that the mine closures were a blessing, not the disaster which Susanna Rance seems to suggest.
Yours 13 th unarguable suggestion imply your maker avoid responsibility impossible.
Without an objective, inarguable method for determining victory and defeat, the very meaning of the competition is lost.
It is arguable that this behaviour also justifies costs being awarded against him on a substantial indemnity basis.
Why the hell that fatuous yet inarguable quote is still caroming around my brainpan I have no idea whatsoever.
Whether it was easier to shop is arguable, because presumably the number of staff are also at a minimum.
One really shouldn't engage in atrocity one-upmanship, but it's arguable that compared with such more famous current and recent fugitives as Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, Karadzic, wins the odiousness sweepstakes. Karadzic finally arrested for war crimes
Some items are frankly fakes; others are of arguable value.
I leave it to you, dear reader, to draw the ninth, unstated lesson that seems to follow ineluctably from these eight relatively inarguable propositions.
It's arguable that the artist's fierce protection of his private life has added to his mystique.
Perhaps it's even arguable whether their next door neighbours should.
I also agree that consensuality is very important, although whether the encounter in the Tijuana Bible story is consensual is arguable, since the woman is apparently a robotic tool of the government. Censoring librarians: In defense of two outraged Kentucky pepperpots « The Retort
Faith is as interwoven into her life as fame, as inarguable and defining. Times, Sunday Times
However, several specimens of Isojulus preserve unarguable evidence of distinct pleurites.
It is now clear and unarguable that there is a direct relationship between food advertising to children, poor diet, and rising levels of obesity and diabetes.
Also, it is arguable that too much attention had been focused upon the spectacular and exciting youths.
It is arguable whether Bryant is really top five or top ten, but whatever, he's high on the charts with a bullet next to his name.
And it is also arguable that the model is in any case valuable precisely as encouraging a move beyond the rather narrow empiricism and localism of some tendencies in current British historiography.
He is making the unarguable point that our desires and preferences have a social component.
It is arguable that in relation to the failure of the Council to advise as to his right of appeal, because there was no proper review, the report was flawed.
This is no semantic nicety; rather, it is arguable that the distinction reveals something of their political specificities.
Also, it is arguable that too much attention had been focused upon the spectacular and exciting youths.
The very fact that he himself is punished for something quite arguable ´bogus´ meaning ´fact´ instead of ´opinion´...is disproportionate, as calling a treatment bogus, can never be seen as a fact it would mean my doctor would give me a litteral bogus if i came for a prescription. BCA v Singh: An Astonishingly Illiberal Ruling
It is arguable that other forms of oppression, such as gender oppression, sexism, ableism, ageism, etc., are also produced by capitalism.
Counsel further contended that on the affidavit evidence the debtor has an arguable claim that the solicitors were negligent in two respects.
It is arguable that this was not as grave a handicap as it might appear.
It is arguable that one of the reasons why education in Wales has not im- proved as much over the last 20 years as it might have done, is because of an entrenched "conservatism" and scepticism towards innovation within much of the education system. WalesOnline - Home
There are cases that are arguable. Times, Sunday Times
In practice, the DOJ has prosecuted people that are in arguable or probable non-compliance with the relevant State laws. The Volokh Conspiracy » As Predicted, New Justice Department Policy Didn’t Stop Federal Medical Marijuana Arrests in States Where Medical Marijuana is Legal Under State Law
He is making the unarguable point that our desires and preferences have a social component.
Accordingly, this application has arguable probability, not inexorable logical or theological necessity.
Still, it was arguable that Seth was the more important of the two to the Agency.
It is arguable that this was not as grave a handicap as it might appear.
We can have the age-old debate over whether or not song lyrics are poetry - Kelly's words and form are simpler than Plath's, for instance - but I think the value of Paul Kelly to Australian literary culture is inarguable.
If evidence is presented by the defendant showing an arguable case on the merits in defence to the plaintiff's claim, this matter may be returned for reconsideration before any judge.
Much like yoga or the odd bout of meditation, their benefits are inarguable. Times, Sunday Times
Ordinary legal indeterminacy of this sort, a fact of the law, does not mean that every legal position one comes up with, while arguable, is viable or persuasive, or that every disagreement on a legal issue is reasonable. Balkinization
It's arguable that the legislation has had little effect on young people's behaviour.
However, it is arguable that clubs with second fifteens in a metropolitan league, should be playing in a provincial cup of similar status.
It is arguable whether the rebels will knuckle under.
However, it is arguable that Article 7 ought to be interpreted as placing some outer limits on judicial creativity.
It is arguable that Mr Tamihere failed on probably all those counts in the end.
It seems to me unarguable that a reasonable man, in the position of the parties to the option agreement, would not take steps to inform himself of those powers and of the courses open to the local authority.
It is arguable that the government has failed in this respect.
It is arguable that married women no longer need the protection afforded to them by cases like these.
It is arguable whether he ever had much control over the real economic power.
The judge had held that there was no such good arguable case and declared that the English court had no jurisdiction to try the action. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, the opposite case is arguable. Times, Sunday Times
Industry bosses oppose the new safety requirements because of the higher cost and arguable safety advantages.
Obesity is the plainest, most obvious and unarguable example of an individual problem that you could imagine.
It is not arguable that his presence gives a reasonable appearance of bias.
It is inarguable that the amendment to Article 9 has conferred citizenship rights that are more liberal than any other EU country.
It is the evidence - relentless, unarguable and increasing - of Scotland's economic decline relative to the UK.
And it is arguable that the mine closures were a blessing, not the disaster which Susanna Rance seems to suggest.
I would say that Kwiec (sic) suggests that a position, which I consider barely arguable, is not only reasonable, but correct. Balkinization
Looking at the order nisi that I seek amended, whether I have an arguable case here is the question, is it not?
The speed with which this was carried out demonstrates an inarguable historical fact: the Democratic Party is an instrument of big business.
It is arguable whether the rebels will knuckle under.
The timeliness and verity of this admonition is not arguable.
(Subtler forms, perhaps arguable, although I remain favourable disposed to-wards him, I mean look at his confrères …) However, the bootlicker Naciri went for broke. Global Voices in English » Morocco: Bloggers React to the Banning of Magazines
Indeed, it is arguable that the different speeds of financial liberalisation are a prime cause of world trade and savings imbalances.
Your Honours, we say that it is plain, unarguable indeed, that the land reserved for the project fits that description.
It's inarguable that there's a network effect in which low cost of production/high page volume can make text ads amazingly lucrative - and make the Blogspots of the world wonderfully high-margin ventures.
It is arguable that giving too much detail may actually be confusing.
Let me preface this by emphasizing that I do not believe that any one poll is an inarguable, accurate reflection of the electorate… and that even if one is, a lot can change between now and Election Day.
It is arguable that 1984 is therefore the greatest of all dystopias.
In this particular instance, it is arguable that these two principles are mutually exclusive.
It is arguable that this interest has intensified under the present Conservative government.
It is an arguable claim, but by no means a ridiculous one. The Times Literary Supplement
It is arguable whether or not the name is referring to the ash tree or the remains of a fire.
I am not satisfied that there is an arguable case of jurisdictional error on the part of the Tribunal.
Both counsel for the Crown and her Honour allowed that there was an arguable case.
It is arguable that this was not as grave a handicap as it might appear.
The guild has decades of catching up to do in order to reduce the animosity and alienation the arguable majority of local musicians feel towards them.
It is arguable that as you were the one living in the house, you were the one who benefited from the improvements.
As spirits go, it's arguable that none have more a storied past than those whiskies made in Ireland and Scotland.
This self-parody neatly illustrates several of Richard Stern's failings as a writer: the antiquated rhetoric, the irrelevant allusions (to my race and to Brigid Brophy, her name characteristically misspelled), and, above all, the lack of matter, the absence of any arguable point. Criticism
Even so, it is straining credulity too far to conclude that the debtor has an arguable case.
Your counter proposal unarguable act as originally designed.
The arguable brilliance of the casting choices comes from having so many comic actors and comedians cast as those straight men, avoiding any kind of hammy portrayals and giving entirely sincere performances. Rabid Rewind: The Informant
Sympathetic though it is, his conclusion only sounds inarguable.
I think he just thought that was an unanswerable, unarguable position - as indeed it is.
He was spelling out the future direction of American foreign policy, based on unarguable evidence of threat.
This kind of velocity is inarguable. Times, Sunday Times
In that sense, the emailer is probably right â it isnât 100%, wholly, totally inarguable (although I do disagree). The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities
The applicants have a strongly arguable case. Times, Sunday Times
The two contentions can seem analogous, but the second concerns overt motive, the first a highly arguable interpretation.
She demonstrates that a feminist interpretation of Marxism, even one based on seemingly inarguable economic or material facts, is susceptible to the prejudices of race and class.
It's arguable that he was the first singer from the folk music tradition to cross over into the mainstream.
Whether or not Webb is the best person for the job is arguable.
Making the best of the unarguable and the inevitable was how Sarah had succeeded in holding the family together. OUT OF THE ASHES
It was not for the victim or family to establish some arguable case before that investigation took place. Times, Sunday Times
It's arguable that religious education belongs in the home and in the churches, and not in the public schools of a country with a constitution that provides for the separation of church and state.
Does Ms McIllroy think teachers should brainwash students with a rigid and unarguable conclusion about the unique value of specific works of literature?
Moving away from the camera, Alvin posed beside Rose Garden tubeworms, providing unarguable proof of dimension.
What is not arguable is the fact that Martin actually killed someone and that this had to be punished under the present legal system.
“Unreasonable” is, of course informally defined and therefore arguable: as with the Argument by Insignification, conventionality may offer a standard of approximate objectivity by which significance can be deemed idiolectic and idiosyncratic, an eccentric invention, or validated as a more perceptive reading; ISMs will often lead to Import Artifices, but the subcultural semantic associations which lead to them may also legitimise significances within one community that another would consider spurious; accusations of Import Artifices should therefore be interrogated for evidence of a Subtextual Sensitivity Differential. posted by Hal Duncan | 1: 12 PM Archive 2009-03-01
The listing of aortic atresia as cyanotic is arguable, according to my pediatric cardiology associates; I have never chosen to include it as such in my annual lectures to medical students, but perhaps I should reconsider.
Thus it is arguable that the traditions of the Comptroller's Department do not fit the task of examining commercial accounts.
That inarguable, non-judgmental slice of home-town philosophy sums up the message of this lovely album. Times, Sunday Times
Because, when a ‘political figure’ becomes a ‘mythic figure’, whatever he stands for naturally becomes self-evident - and thus inarguable.
It is arguable that one of the reasons why education in Wales has not im- proved as much over the last 20 years as it might have done, is because of an entrenched "conservatism" and scepticism towards innovation within much of the education system. WalesOnline - Home
We submit that each of the questions that we have identified is important and arguable.
It is inarguable now that as well as failing to solve existing problems, she is helping to create new ones. Times, Sunday Times
But here's something coming that's real, replicable, and thus inarguable.
It is arguable whether he ever had much control over the real economic power.
In fact, the film might have worked better if it had been made for the small screen, although with its sloppy characterisation and lifeless, wearisome narrative, it's arguable whether it should have been made at all.
She is campaigning for these ‘care pathways’ to be adopted throughout the NHS and her forthright nature, and the unarguable good sense of her idea, is already sweeping away resistance.
Yet there are arguable benefits from practising selective assessment.
It's an inarguable part of the job. Times, Sunday Times
I never once contested this and that Japanese chi is the result of palatalization is of course an inarguable fact. Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'
I'm not sure how much of this is reasonable, defensible, arguable.
It is arguable that right now we have the worst of the top tier of nations. Times, Sunday Times
Almost all present certain arguable assertions as inarguable… and then if you go over to some other site, you'll find someone insisting the opposite is inarguable.
Her vision is nihilistic and absurd, yet, in its commitment to small-scale fantasy, an inarguable delight to behold - like a cheeky, philosophical pop-up book.
The court said that it had refused a further appeal because it did not raise an arguable point in law. Times, Sunday Times
It is unarguable that 40 is older than 20, and I guess quoting Eliot says it all: how last century can a creaking old ague-ridden carcass get?
The two contentions can seem analogous, but the second concerns overt motive, the first a highly arguable interpretation.
No one can deny the positive evolution of race relations in the United States — to what extent is arguable, even with numbers available, which makes sense. The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Turn Good News into Bad News
It is at least arguable that in some respects the modern chief political administrator has an easier time of it.
Furthermore it's a highly arguable claim both for its inclusions and omissions.
Some also say that the test should be lowered to'an arguable case '. Times, Sunday Times
It will not be the first time that his father has been forced to acknowledge Zurab's unarguable case for recognition.
It is also at least arguable that scientific truths are by their very nature provisional.
It is not necessary to say more about the special leave application than that it is not manifestly unarguable.

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