Example sentences of "[vb mod] be reasonable assume " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It might be reasonable to assume that Mr Goodhaven did n't set the trap himself , to persuade me of his innocence , ’ he said , writing ‘ Henry Goodhaven ’ on the list . |
| 2 | So when he claims to have had glimpses of absolute Truth , it may be reasonable to assume , not that he has caught a glimpse of some kind of hypostasized Ultimate or extra-mundane entity , but rather that through his participation in a particular form of life he is made aware of the need to live and act in accordance with certain religious and ethical criteria and is informed by the spirit of what might be called dharma ( law ) , or ta ( moral law ) , or tao ( way ) but which he prefers to call Truth ( Satya ) or God . |
| 3 | In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away . |
| 4 | So it would be reasonable to assume the thing could run standalone . |
| 5 | Allowing for a certain amount of exaggeration , it would be reasonable to assume that most of the wealthy landowners and business men would have suffered in this ruthless purge . |
| 6 | It would be reasonable to assume that the considerable changes that took place in Britain were a result of these large-scale confiscations . |
| 7 | It would be reasonable to assume , therefore , that particular attention would be given to the incorporation of such knowledge in the development of handwriting recognition systems . |
| 8 | This is somewhat surprising , since it would be reasonable to assume that domain-specific dictionaries would contain the most appropriate collocations for domain-specific documents . |
| 9 | If it can be shown that most children recorded as unoccupied in the census also had economically inactive lone mothers then it would be reasonable to assume that the concerns about numerator-denominator bias expressed by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys may be exaggerated . |
| 10 | Looking beyond the extra revenue generated by holidays at home , increased tourism and relieved direct taxation ( some £20,000 million ) being spent mainly in industries which are very labour intensive , it would be reasonable to assume also that there would be sufficient jobs created to satisfy our social requirements . |
| 11 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 12 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 13 | Perhaps it would be reasonable to assume that 550 deaths are caused in England , Wales and Scotland every year by drunken driving . |