1.   Again, the argument sounds good at first -- after all, infill development can take advantage of existing public facilities, a major cost component of new housing.

2.   Looking at the distribution of earnings estimates sounds good on paper.

3.   Sounds good, but how do you spot a practice that puts feelings first?

4.   Sounds good, but what they really have in mind is not reform but abandonment.

5.   Sounds good until the lobbyists get to it.

6.   Sounds good, but pity the poor practice goalie.

7.   Sounds good, especially given the frequency of postal rate increases, right?

8.   The Lloyd Webber score sounds good in the Bass hall, and the singers sound even better.

9.   The verse sounds good coming out of uniformly contemporary, American mouths, yet few of the performances crackle or connect.