Example sentences of "be reasonable [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We considered that it would be reasonable to take peptic ulcer in people admitted after 1976 as a proxy for cimetidine use ( bearing in mind that cimetidine has only been available since then ) and to see if peptic ulcer was commoner in people with motor neurone disease than in others . |
| 2 | If governments acted to remove some of the existing constraints to economic growth in DRAs it would be reasonable to expect private investors to move in from outside to exploit the opportunities thus created . |
| 3 | It is a question of fact in every case whether the number of people affected will constitute ‘ a class of Her Majesty 's subjects ’ , but Lord Denning provides some guidance , saying ‘ A public nuisance is a nuisance which is so widespread in range and so indiscriminate in its effect that it would not be reasonable to expect one person to take proceedings on his own responsibility to put a stop to it , but that it would be the responsibility of the community at large ’ . |
| 4 | Finally , there is the type of public nuisance arising out of private nuisance which affects a sufficiently large number of people that it would not be reasonable to expect one person to take proceedings on his own responsibility : see Denning L.J . |
| 5 | In such cases it would be reasonable to expect positive responses from the medical attendant after 8 weeks . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is reasonable to suppose that man discovered the roller before developing the wheel . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Department or the County Treasurer 's Department is not considered to be relevant to the needs of erm , the County Council , the people of Lincolnshire , and I think it 's reasonable to ask that question , and to hope that erm future conservatives speakers in this meeting , on this paper will give a clear indication as to what will be the effects of a budget reduction . |
| 15 | That is the information on which the police were acting when they decided it was reasonable to take this action . |
| 16 | However , on the facts of Lim 's case the House of Lords upheld the decision of the lower courts that it would be possible to obtain the required facilities outside the National Health Service and that it was reasonable to incur that expense . |