Example sentences of "is reasonable [verb] [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , assuming that the supply of heroin remains strong , it is reasonable to predict that future levels of heroin use will continue to mirror any increases in unemployment or poverty , though a decline in social deprivation will not necessarily be accompanied by a drop in the prevalence of heroin use . |
| 2 | In view of this it is reasonable to conclude that all experience of physical force is mediated by its prior constitution as a cultural category . |
| 3 | With hundreds of thousands of paying spectators each week , with rising transfer fees , and the registration of clubs as limited liability companies surely it is reasonable to conclude that professional football was ‘ a business ’ ? |
| 4 | Against this background , it is reasonable to conclude that cardiac rehabilitation programmes are cost effective and should be made available to all who would benefit . |
| 5 | If all jobs and workers were homogeneous and there were perfect information and perfect mobility of labour , then it is reasonable to suppose that all wages would be equal . |
| 6 | Russell does not say what form the ‘ complicated arguments ’ about the validity of this argument might take , but the chapter in which it occurs is entitled ‘ Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description ’ , so it is reasonable to suppose that one thing that was bothering Russell was the possibility that a person who meaningfully uses the word ‘ I ’ does so in virtue of knowing something which he calls ‘ I ’ not by acquaintance , but by description . |
| 7 | It is reasonable to suppose that this fact is significant , even allowing for the fact that Scaevola is disproportionately well represented in the Digest by cases on the law of succession . |
| 8 | Thus , it is reasonable to suppose that these data also reflect the same transitional changes in the relationship between infant mortality and birth order as was hypothesized in connection with maternal age . |
| 9 | It is reasonable to suppose that these language users might ( even accidentally ) hit on new combinations of phrases to produce slightly longer sentences than had hitherto been the rule : sentences , moreover , whose newly-coined significance derived from both the context of their first use and the pre-established significance of their components . |
| 10 | It is reasonable to assume that ancient people were sensitive to the reality of these other levels of existence , living their lives accordingly , and it may be that we should look to this awareness as the origin of much folklore . |
| 11 | But it is reasonable to assume that Eastern Europe is still considerably better off than Brazil , which in early 1990 was reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt and facing the prospect of 2200 per cent inflation during the year . |
| 12 | It is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social and economic effects , yet they have been conspicuously neglected by social scientists . |
| 13 | Werking concluded that ‘ It is reasonable to assume that some research may now more satisfactorily come to terms with library use and its relation to bibliographic education ’ . |
| 14 | Taking the influence of occupational audiences first , it is reasonable to assume that rank-and-file preference would be to avoid ‘ another Saltley ’ . |
| 15 | It is reasonable to assume that hormonal effects predominate in younger women , while dietary factors may become increasingly important in older women . |
| 16 | However , in terms of what they ‘ mean ’ , their use in a specific cultural context , it is reasonable to maintain that some languages pay less explicit attention to abstract formulations . |