Example sentences of "seems reasonable [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though statistics are lacking , it seems reasonable to conjecture that these conditions foster child abuse and neglect , even infanticide . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | However , it seems reasonable to assume that pragmatic factors in comprehension will also be present in production . |