Example sentences of "reasonable [verb] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems reasonable to assume that greater consumption of host resources by nematodes causes reductions in host fecundity , and that , as in other parasitic nematodes , bigger worms produce more eggs . |
| 2 | On balance it seems reasonable to assume that this coffin was supplied by one of the established London cabinet-makers with a small funeral furnishing interest . |
| 3 | Taking the influence of occupational audiences first , it is reasonable to assume that rank-and-file preference would be to avoid ‘ another Saltley ’ . |
| 4 | Werking concluded that ‘ It is reasonable to assume that some research may now more satisfactorily come to terms with library use and its relation to bibliographic education ’ . |
| 5 | Where the writer is deliberately exploiting the resources of the written medium , it seems reasonable to suggest that that manipulation constitutes part of the text . |
| 6 | They tried to show that the very notion of private property , far from being an ‘ inalienable right ’ as it was stated to be in the American constitution , was , in fact , itself a product of certain unique economic , technical , and social conditions , and it was therefore reasonable to expect that this notion , like others , would be superseded when the associated relations of production changed . |
| 7 | It might be reasonable to expect that some deficiency in parental relationships — and hence , some in all relationships — might ensue and it certainly is apparent in some cases of sexual relationship dysfunction . |
| 8 | With hundreds of thousands of paying spectators each week , with rising transfer fees , and the registration of clubs as limited liability companies surely it is reasonable to conclude that professional football was ‘ a business ’ ? |
| 9 | In view of this it is reasonable to conclude that all experience of physical force is mediated by its prior constitution as a cultural category . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Against this background , it is reasonable to conclude that cardiac rehabilitation programmes are cost effective and should be made available to all who would benefit . |
| 12 | Russell does not say what form the ‘ complicated arguments ’ about the validity of this argument might take , but the chapter in which it occurs is entitled ‘ Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description ’ , so it is reasonable to suppose that one thing that was bothering Russell was the possibility that a person who meaningfully uses the word ‘ I ’ does so in virtue of knowing something which he calls ‘ I ’ not by acquaintance , but by description . |
| 13 | It is reasonable to suppose that these language users might ( even accidentally ) hit on new combinations of phrases to produce slightly longer sentences than had hitherto been the rule : sentences , moreover , whose newly-coined significance derived from both the context of their first use and the pre-established significance of their components . |
| 14 | It is reasonable to suppose that this fact is significant , even allowing for the fact that Scaevola is disproportionately well represented in the Digest by cases on the law of succession . |