But, from a European perspective, the arguments in favor of Palestine s bid carry greater weight than the arguments against it.

The arguments are gaining acceptance.

9.3 As to the State party's remaining arguments, the Committee considered that these generally recast the arguments originally advanced to it in the course of the Committee's initial consideration of the admissibility of the petition.

All three arguments are weak.

Environmentalists make several arguments for leaving the bitumen in the dirt.

There are many arguments for raising Japan s consumption tax rate.

Is this plausible?

The problems with such arguments are many.

Australia accepts the reasoning behind this assessment.

Both positions are firmly held and can be buttressed by arguments that are valid from the point of view of the country concerned.

But Toledo's own behavior gives such arguments a ring of truth.

She knows how similar those arguments are to the lines she hears daily from her male counterparts

Little has come of these arguments.

The counter arguments it had heard were not persuasive.

But there are powerful arguments against the principles of his approach.

Neither side is quite right in their public arguments.

Recently, when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, he found scholars who raised theological arguments on his behalf.

In view of those arguments, several delegations supported the wording of article 2, paragraph 2.

The scientific evidence does not support such arguments.

Several delegations repeated previously advanced arguments.

There are, of course, sound environmental and economic arguments against constructing large dams and even for decommissioning some.

A chorus of voices from the left and right argue against continued government support for biofuel.

A case can be made, however, for keeping discussion of the issue alive.

Muhammad Haikal echoes and clarifies the arguments of the Singapore Hijab Movement

If he proceeds with plans to give it more functions, they will persist.

People who live with a dog or a cat are not likely to find that persuasive.

These arguments are advanced in good faith and deserve serious consideration.

These arguments lean towards the nurture side of the argument that language is acquired through sensory experience.

But, whatever the merits of the claim that genetic patents benefit research and treatment, that is a practical, rather than a legal, argument.

So the death penalty debate boils down to an exchange of conflicting ethical and utilitarian views.

It should not be necessary to rearticulate and reargue these basic points.

A powerful argument for reserving capital punishment for murders is marginal deterrence.

The State party argues that in his absence, the court was able to examine the case on the basis of the written arguments provided.

But Israel s government, using all kinds of pretexts, stubbornly resisted.

What is dispiriting is that we ponder these arguments so infrequently.

But translating those arguments into institutional reality will be a nearly impossible challenge.

He will hear for himself the strength of American arguments about trade and the renminbi s exchange rate.

Some of this, no doubt, is wishful thinking on the part of economically unsophisticated people.

In the past, the Germans brushed these arguments aside, but now they are a little more receptive.

I would also like to deal with some of the arguments that were put forward yesterday and especially today.

For all the violence perpetrated by Al Qaeda, bin Laden also relies on soft power, using arguments about injustice that resonate with his audience.

Otaviano Canuto, a World Bank vice president, and his collaborators have just produced a long report that makes the case for this optimistic prognosis.

There is also a moral and practical case for doing more to ease the plight of refugees and internally displaced persons.

The wolf s justifications for his evil action were a luxury that he allowed himself. At present, the United Nations Charter legally binds wolf states that is, the Great Powers to offer justifications for their use of armed violence.

We have destroyed habitations all around you , having explained Our signs in different ways to them that they may turn back .