Example sentences of "seem a reasonable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boycott 's 63 held the innings together , Gooch and Gower got a few , Botham walloped 37 off 39 balls and 208 seemed a reasonable total on a pitch helpful to bowlers . |
| 2 | It seemed a reasonable bargain in which each superpower could exert restraint over its regional allies . |
| 3 | In view of this , it seemed a reasonable solution to ask my father to bring his great experience and distinction to Darlington Hall . |
| 4 | This seemed a reasonable system to consider , as , although it was unlikely that a perfect balance between costs and income could ever be achieved , it provided a target to aim for , or a shared value for all staff engaged on activities concerned with cost control and income generation , regardless of their departmental position . |
| 5 | Even by lunch a draw seemed a reasonable long-term option . |
| 6 | For practical reasons , fieldworkers adopted a policy in these cases of knocking at the door of the nearest house of a similar type ; since the survey was based on geographical area and housing type , this seemed a reasonable way of obtaining data from a range of addresses while conserving time and resources . |
| 7 | The railway made it worth while for Gustave : he could get to Mantes and back without too much trouble ; and Louise 's complaints perhaps seemed a reasonable price to pay for such accessible pleasure . |
| 8 | On the surface it seemed a reasonable explanation . |
| 9 | It also seemed a reasonable timescale , given the first site meeting on 5th March , for the work to take place in June , more than 3 months away . |
| 10 | I remembered something Zaria had said about clocking on at eight in the morning and eight-to-four seemed a reasonable working day . |
| 11 | It seemed a reasonable question to me . |
| 12 | ‘ It seemed a reasonable statement . ’ |
| 13 | EVERY now and again , just when flower arranging has begun to seem a reasonable way of spending Saturday afternoons , the game produces something which restores the faith . |
| 14 | It seems a reasonable rule of thumb that any genuine offers of help and support from people or organizations will be accompanied by a name and address , and a willingness to be checked out as to their motive in making contact . |
| 15 | ‘ It seems a reasonable supposition . ’ |
| 16 | It seems a reasonable conjecture that , if he had known about the decree , he would have acted on it , or at least given reasons for not acting on it . |
| 17 | It seems a reasonable guess that if he had eaten bear he would have commented on such ipsophagy . |
| 18 | " It seems a reasonable assumption . " |
| 19 | Agreed that their exact requirements should be clarified and detailed cost schedules should be prepared , as this seems a reasonable source of income which would not conflict with the current work-load . |
| 20 | On average , 4.75 seems a reasonable multiplier to use in order to estimate the total population of a community from such listings of households as the hearth tax returns . |
| 21 | ‘ Seems a reasonable enough request to me . ’ |
| 22 | This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people . |
| 23 | Without patronage , however , political interests withered in time , for the needs of the voters would drive them to look for aid elsewhere if there did not seem a reasonable probability that their present connections might recover their lost influence in London . |
| 24 | £10 would seem a reasonable compromise in view of the many other demands made by the myriad charities in existence today . |
| 25 | Literacy rates among artisans and shopkeepers was much higher : 80 per cent or more would seem a reasonable approximation for the level reached by the late seventeenth century and persisting through most of the eighteenth century . |
| 26 | Does that seem a reasonable way forward ? |