Example sentences of "it seem reasonable " in BNC.
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1 | With the two crux pitches of VII apparently behind us , it seemed reasonable to expect some hidden jugs , as the guide promised moves of VI- . |
2 | Since the logic of this eluded most people , it seemed reasonable to conclude that he was belatedly paying the price for arguing with an umpire . |
3 | Nevertheless , it seemed reasonable that chemotherapeutic agents known to block the proliferation of cells might also be immunosuppressive . |
4 | It has to do partly with the feeling , particularly powerful in the 19th century , that the proper role of education , at least at the top end , was to equip gentlemen to run the Empire ; and it seemed reasonable at the time to concentrate not upon mechanics , but upon grand ideals , and the classics were studied as if they were a form of theology , a way of revealing fundamental and lasting human truths This , perhaps , is why anti-science is strongest in Britain , because we took Empire most seriously . |
5 | It seemed reasonable . ’ |
6 | It seemed reasonable to suppose that such benefits could be applied to other districts of the city without necessarily designating housing improvement schemes . |
7 | Years later it seemed reasonable to identify the ghost train with nearby trains on well concealed tracks linking Dalton-in-Furness with Askam-in-Furness and Barrow-in-Furness respectively , but this explanation did not entirely remove the doubts and fears experienced even in retrospect . |
8 | Once experimental control achieved in laboratory conditions made it possible to demonstrate that the strength of specific behaviours was indeed a function of environmental events , it seemed reasonable to describe such events as reinforcers . |
9 | Since Sotheby 's catalogue categorically stated that their version was ‘ unknown ’ to me , it seemed reasonable that my views should be made known to them . |
10 | In all fields , there was still much that was unknown : in Herbert Spencer 's philosophy , and in Tyndall 's Belfast address , there was room for the unknowable ; but it seemed reasonable to hope that under pressure from inquiring minds this would shrink , if not ultimately wither away altogether . |
11 | How care management and care programming are integrated remains to be seen , and it seemed reasonable to look to the community care plans for local authority policies on the question . |
12 | Because of the poor response to gluten free diet and the presence of lymphoma it seemed reasonable to consider that the malabsorption was as a result of an enteropathy associated with the lymphoma ( EATCL ) rather than simple coeliac disease . |
13 | I thought about it calmly , still standing there as though nothing had passed through my mind but the continual computation guiding the kite , and I thought it seemed reasonable . |
14 | It seems reasonable to think that The Facts is imagined , and that it could promote a benevolent view of the literal or faithful — as opposed to the fantastically transgressive — imagination , which may or may not , in any given case , be directly concerned with the facts of the author 's own life . |
15 | And turning away from calls to battle and the accompanying rise in blood pressure , it seems reasonable for teachers of literature to go on teaching what they have been trained to teach , and what they like , understand , and are familiar with , without also having to take on many varieties of history — intellectual , cultural , political , social , economic , artistic , and musical — not to mention sociology , the study of popular culture , including the merest graffito , and , inevitably , literary theory . |
16 | SO impressive has been Wigan 's play of late that it seems reasonable to conclude that the transitional period from the control of Graham Lowe to that of John Monie is complete . |
17 | It seems reasonable to say that without Law there would have been no NFCC , at least not in the powerful form it reached in the early years of the twentieth century . |
18 | The end of the coil is closed , and it seems reasonable to assume that the animal started growing as a coiled shell . |
19 | Burnett 's favourite preparation for the treatment of uterine tumours was Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum so not having the LMI gave her the 6C potency in a 10ml dropper and within 3 days she was relieved of the discomfort on walking and standing which it seems reasonable to assume is due to the fibroid shrinking . |
20 | It seems reasonable to suppose that they should be , if the contentious area of imaginative literature is ruled out . |
21 | It seems reasonable that they should share the cost of what is after all only a system of humane debt collection acting on their behalves . |
22 | Whatever the disagreements , it seems reasonable to say that the period circa 1890–1914 witnessed ‘ an unprecedented advance of machine technique and of mechanisation generally and automatism in particular ’ . |
23 | It seems reasonable to assume that there was a change in the dominant ideology within the Conservative party in the mid-1970s . |
24 | Whatever the merits of these criticisms , it seems reasonable to conclude that this model of urban regeneration based on the co-ordination of public-sector organizations by a lead agency is unlikely to be used soon again . |
25 | It seems reasonable to assume Fedorov will collect it , despite the danger . |
26 | It seems reasonable to assume , therefore , that they are unlikely to come from the Author of Scripture . |
27 | Intuitively it seems reasonable to suppose that if we were designing an animal , we would ‘ hard-wire as much of the behaviour as possible . |
28 | ' How the Holy Spirit spoke at this time is unclear , but it seems reasonable to suppose that it was through a prophecy or exhortation given through another of the leaders . |
29 | It seems reasonable to suppose that even before 1790 he would have learned to appreciate their attitudes towards recent history . |
30 | Now it seems reasonable to suggest that the competence/performance distinction might also mark the division of responsibility between syllabus and methodology , with the former specifying the knowledge to be acquired and the latter providing conditions for its behavioural realization . |