Example sentences of "[pron] is reasonable [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As mortgages tend to be for a long term and in view of the fact that 75% of the amount originally borrowed is still outstanding it is reasonable to classify this as a long-term liability . |
| 2 | It is reasonable to suppose that man discovered the roller before developing the wheel . |
| 3 | 1981 ) , it is reasonable to suppose that , especially among species that pair for life , they are likely to be more similar than in polygynous species . |
| 4 | But particularly in the absence of a coherent professional philosophy it is reasonable to suppose that social and occupational origins also play an important part in shaping judicial attitudes to imprisonment in this country . |
| 5 | You can replace simple statements of fact or opinion with hedges such as " it seems likely that … " , " this may be … " , " it is reasonable to suppose that … " , and occasionally with " relatively " , " in effect " , " seemingly " or " it seems that " . |
| 6 | Thus it is reasonable to presume that asthmatic patients , particularly those treated with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors , may face exacerbation of broncho-obstructive symptoms on taking alcohol and its conversion to acetaldehyde . |
| 7 | For the moment , however , it is reasonable to conclude that raising of /a/ formerly affected other environments besides velars — the pre-nasal environment in particular . |
| 8 | On the Eurojet contract we are seeking to actually convert that to a fixed price at this stage because the programme is more advanced it is reasonable to do that er on the air frame contract probably the uncertainty and the degree of risk at this stage is too high to move to a fixed price at this point . |
| 9 | To some extent , these sectoral preferences are related to ethno-religious lines of demarcation ( Boal and Poole 1976 ) ; certainly it is reasonable to view inner-city communities east and west of the river as each having a higher-status ethnic counterpart . |
| 10 | As earnings rank as personalty in any case and they must have had something in the way of moveables , especially those taxed on land , it is reasonable to treat all assessments as though made on goods . |
| 11 | However , it is reasonable to assume that interpretation of all discourse , whether written or spoken , involves the integration of successive ideas into an organised whole . |
| 12 | It is reasonable to assume that , in view of the doubt about the ambit of the section , a party wishing to escape from a contract will challenge the effectiveness of any clause which appears to be within its ambit unless it looks likely to pass the reasonableness test . |
| 13 | ‘ So it is reasonable to assume those who control Sellafield will ensure their families are safe and , therefore , so will we be . ’ |
| 14 | At any rate , it is reasonable to interpret this very common experience during dreaming as being a response to an awareness , at some level , of the inability to move . |
| 15 | It is reasonable to think this became more common after the revolution and after the discovery of oil . |
| 16 | It is reasonable to expect that public attitudes and beliefs about attempted suicide will affect its incidence . |
| 17 | Whilst not expressly stated here , it is reasonable to expect that MAS will monitor the overall progress of the search initiative and , specifically , will provide informal valuations of potential targets when called upon to do so . |
| 18 | E.g. it is reasonable to expect all pipes and tanks in an attic to be lagged ; when a property is to be unoccupied for a period particularly over the winter months , all water tanks , pipes , etc should be drained and adequate heating provided . |
| 19 | Since Middle Devonian shelf-edge reefs with stromataporoids and corals outcrop in Devon ( House et al. 1977 ) , it is reasonable to expect these potential reservoirs to occur in the subsurface of the intervening tract . |
| 20 | It is difficult knowing how far to credit such stories in twelfth-century sources , although given that the Ramsey chronicle is recording the history of its own house , and that the Peterborough source refers to trouble there at the same time , it is reasonable to believe that trouble of some sort there was . |
| 21 | The extent to which isolation of N gonorrhoeae is indicative of risk of HIV-1 infection is debatable , but it is reasonable to regard rectal gonorrhoea as a marker for high risk homosexual behaviour . |