To classify such institutions as wealthy has a certain superficial plausibility; some of them do have large endowments.

That has a certain plausibility.

This makes little rational sense, but it has a certain psychological plausibility.

At the same time, they had to admit there was a certain plausibility in what Amintor said.

This is intended to be an ethical thought experiment; Bovens states that his assumption "is not backed up by empirical evidence, but does have a certain plausibility."

There was a certain plausibility to that.

The locations of the fourteen metropolitan sees listed (with the exception of Telkepe) have a certain plausibility, but several of the suffragan dioceses were little more than villages.

Consequently the theory that "this is a Jewish war" has a certain plausibility, all the more so because the Jewish war effort seldom gets its fair share of recognition.

(I don't, frankly, believe in that one, although the bottled brains have a certain plausibility.)

While there is a certain plausibility to the belief that the Fed may proceed cautiously for that reason, most experts expressed doubts that Mexico's troubles would stay the central bank's hand.