Example sentences of "reasonable [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In these circumstances it is just as reasonable to assume that political elites or administrative officials are acting autonomously as to assume that they are acting in accordance with society 's preferences .
2 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 .
3 However , it seems reasonable to assume that pragmatic factors in comprehension will also be present in production .
4 It is reasonable to assume that hormonal effects predominate in younger women , while dietary factors may become increasingly important in older women .
5 Therefore , assuming that the supply of heroin remains strong , it is reasonable to predict that future levels of heroin use will continue to mirror any increases in unemployment or poverty , though a decline in social deprivation will not necessarily be accompanied by a drop in the prevalence of heroin use .
6 Nor in the light of experience and knowledge available prior to this accident would it have been reasonable to envisage that internal pressures could exist in the tail structure . ’
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