The brand is not without competitors.

This strategy is not without risks.

But this view is not without its own risks.

This idea has logic behind it.

These worries are overblown.

None of these policies is without costs.

None of these countries is without problems, of course.

But this technique has also its shortcomings.

Usually there is an element of truth in what they say.

Nevertheless, Bush s initiative is not devoid of virtue.

These claims are wildly overstated.

This relationship, however, is not always without strain.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

The selection of indicators has proven to be challenging.

However, this formal decentralization process has not worked seamlessly.

China s Afghan policy also has its pitfalls.

Admittedly, there are some good things in these proposals.

Of course, disagreements do arise in the Japan US relationship.

Of course, no technology is without flaws, so regulatory oversight is useful.

The competition has not been without controversy.

Self serving as it may seem, this viewpoint is not without some merit.

Hamas radicalism is not devoid of a political purpose to bury whatever remains of the two state solution.

Countering deforestation is not without its challenges.

It was long thought that cannabis was a relatively harmless drug, and that concerns about its use were overstated.

Generals, it is said, always prepare to fight the last war an old jibe, but one that contains an element of truth.

Such fears appear exaggerated, particularly when one considers that Asia is not one entity.

However, the third implementation method is problematic and generally does not satisfy the requirements of the sanctions, as mandated by the Security Council.

While these reports provide an invaluable guide to Member States' implementation, they have various drawbacks.

The results of such experiments even those that fail include useful lessons for all of us.

But open ended incentives have their own costs they can raise consumer prices and bottle up resources in unproductive activities.

Israeli policies are not genocidal, as some commentators, not always free from anti Semitic animus, like to claim.

So does the work of Indian fashion designers, now striding across the world s runways.

Increased migration is, indeed, a daily fact in our centrifugal and global modernity, but it isn t only a negative one.

This should not be impossible, because both Saudi Arabia and Yemen have moderate, indigenous Islamic traditions that can be mobilized against jihadism.

Mobilization of Morsi s Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist supporters is also risky.

And it is not without plausibility Iran did not, after all, respond in kind when it was bombarded with chemical weapons by Iraq.

Ireland is one of the very few donors all of whose aid is untied.

As consumers, we have the power and the moral obligation to refuse to support farming methods that are cruel to animals and bad for us.

Admittedly, there are difficulties with all proposals to restrict the scope of risky banking, especially in the context of a global economy with free capital mobility.

That provision in no way applied to peaceful demonstrations or even unruly demonstrations, for the right to demonstrate was strongly safeguarded by the Constitution and the Supreme Court.

There is truth, for good and for ill, to the idea that Western style consciousness raising is also about teaching women how to be dissatisfied.

Tens of thousands of micro hydro systems operate in China, and nearly none in Africa.

The rest of the country has not been spared according to analysis on Afrik.com

Although the Russian initiative is not without pitfalls, it could be a crucial launchpad for more serious and constructive engagement with Syria and with the rest of the Middle East.