Example sentences of "reasonable [verb] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But until this has actually proved to be possible — and Jakobson would have denied that it is — it seems reasonable to accept that both kinds of equivalence constitute a distinguishing feature , if not of all poetic language , at least of a great deal of it . |
| 2 | It is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social and economic effects , yet they have been conspicuously neglected by social scientists . |
| 3 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 4 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For these reasons it seems reasonable to suggest that all lifeforms on Earth shared a common origin : there is little likelihood that it sprang up contemporaneously in several different parts of the globe . |
| 9 | 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technical , and social conditions , and it was therefore reasonable to expect that this notion , like others , would be superseded when the associated relations of production changed . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Though statistics are lacking , it seems reasonable to conjecture that these conditions foster child abuse and neglect , even infanticide . |
| 14 | It seemed reasonable to suppose that such benefits could be applied to other districts of the city without necessarily designating housing improvement schemes . |
| 15 | If all jobs and workers were homogeneous and there were perfect information and perfect mobility of labour , then it is reasonable to suppose that all wages would be equal . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Thus , it is reasonable to suppose that these data also reflect the same transitional changes in the relationship between infant mortality and birth order as was hypothesized in connection with maternal age . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | However , in terms of what they ‘ mean ’ , their use in a specific cultural context , it is reasonable to maintain that some languages pay less explicit attention to abstract formulations . |
| 20 | Is it not reasonable to ask that these proposals be carried out in conjunction with the pedestrian scheme ? |