That vision is more plausible than one might think.

But the Chinese have another argument up their sleeve, which seems more plausible (and more modern).

That leads to a second and more plausible explanation, which is psychological and behavioral in character.

Is this plausible?

It sounded plausible.

That assumption appeared plausible.

This is not plausible.

The strategic partnership that both America and the European Union have at times sought with China looks both more plausible and more desirable with democratic India.

There are plenty of plausible explanations.

But the link certainly is plausible.

It may sound plausible, but it is hardly conclusive, and, more importantly, it certainly does not tell us that high prices are sustainable.

The evidence of our own eyes makes it more plausible to believe that the world was not created by any god at all.

Here, the plausible passengers are southern European firms.

The association may be spurious, but is plausible.

A more plausible explanation is that institutional differences in the ability to borrow dictate to some extent the disparity in savings rates across countries.

It is a coping mechanism that does not require delusions of reality, which makes it more plausible than some alternatives (denial, sublimation, projection, etc.).

There are plausible reasons for enacting such a law.

But Syria s fragmentation is not the only plausible scenario.

Don't buy it. Perfectly plausible story is slowly emerging.

Another, more plausible theory is that over the past fifteen years there have been various external challenges or shocks that have hit the country simultaneously.

Thatcherism emerged as the most plausible alternative to state socialism.

His model was not immediately accepted, but it was seen to be the more plausible, as medical microbiology developed over the next 30 years or so.

This is now, and the idea looks a lot less plausible.

How plausible is this argument? Can benign regulation really be bought?

It is entirely plausible that Thaksin did help finance the protest.

When such aspirations seem plausible, the system gains added democratic support.

And in a more subtle way, I think, this works for all of the veiled speech acts involving plausible deniability the bribes, threats, propositions, solicitations and so on.

Today there are two plausible ways to proceed against a deposed tyrant.

The 1929 crash had no obvious cause, but two very plausible solutions.

One reason is that the expanding development and use of new information technology, notably cell phones and the Internet, shrinks the world and makes competition from abroad more plausible.

The risk that a systemic financial crisis will drive a more pronounced US and global recession has quickly gone from being a theoretical possibility to becoming an increasingly plausible scenario.

Each of the world s major central banks can make plausible arguments for caution.

Surely, a similar restructuring is the most plausible scenario in Europe as well.

For example, one plausible explanation of the rise in obesity is the decline of the family meal at which children might be urged to eat more, but also would likely be told when they had eaten more than enough.

The logical formulation of pure mathematics suggested by Bertrand Russell in terms of a quantifier structure of propositions seemed more and more plausible, as large parts of mathematics became axiomatised and thus subject to the simple criteria of rigorous proof .

So, here is the problem there isn t a plausible driver of a dramatic recovery.

But as the parallel language of deport or transfer suggests, the more plausible reading is that the letter of Article 49 applies only to forcible transfers, not to settlements that are voluntary.

But is it plausible to raise taxes in the face of such sustained low growth?

The only plausible cause is the ever warmer tropical seas on which such storms thrive.

But, as plausible as this line of reasoning may sound, the historical evidence repeatedly refutes it.

It is rare in history that such widely different but plausible paths stem from a common point.

The only plausible explanation is that tailor made derivatives can facilitate tax avoidance and manipulation of earnings.

Both President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair urgently need a plausible exit strategy from Iraq.

Over a quarter century ago, I showed that, under plausible conditions, trade liberalization could make everyone worse off.

That leads to a second and more plausible explanation, which is psychological and behavioral in character. We have a tendency to underestimate both the probabilities and consequences of what in the investment world are called left tailed events.