Example sentences of "is reasonable [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is reasonable to suppose that man discovered the roller before developing the wheel . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |