Example sentences of "[be] reasonable [to-vb] that " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
2 At one point it would have been reasonable to assume that Durham SC were staging a convention for knee and ankle supports as nearly 80 combatants rolled up for battle .
3 Would it therefore be reasonable to say that you enjoy your way of life by the dispensation of people like me ?
4 Thus , when a child who calls a stool ‘ chair ’ is corrected and introduced to its more accurate name and subsequently uses the term ‘ stool ’ , it would be reasonable to say that the child had learned a new word .
5 Of the driver it would be reasonable to say that she must have seen them but she has forgotten about the pigeons and just did n't notice the lights and roadworks .
6 It would not be reasonable to argue that Georgian London was a pale derivative of Georgian country houses .
7 However , where exclusion from school is concerned it would be reasonable to suppose that parents are far more likely to question the decision in view of its implications .
8 It would be reasonable to suppose that at this latitude the islands would be frozen in for most — if not all — of the year , and so they would , were it not for the Gulf Stream .
9 IT would be reasonable to suppose that dreams of following Daley Thompson have inspired Anthony Brannen to take up the world record holder 's former mantle as Britain 's leading decathlete .
10 I do not think it would be reasonable to pretend that the cost of paying people , recruiting them and retaining them is the same in the south-east as in other parts of the United Kingdom .
11 It would still be reasonable to suspect that someone prepared to borrow money at high rates of interest was likely to be particularly vulnerable , even if there is now little surviving residue of the old suspicion or disapproval of interest-bearing credit on ethical grounds .
12 It would be reasonable to expect that the extension and development of community psychiatric services would lead to a reduction in the rate of suicide and attempted suicide , but there is little evidence that this is so .
13 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 .
14 Thus , it would be reasonable to expect that populations with a high mortality rate from coronary heart disease would also exhibit a high mortality rate for colon cancer .
15 No I did n't expect you that you would have the answer to those questions at the level of villages , however I think it might be reasonable to expect that in reaching your view , primarily on environmental grounds , which is the major flank of your argument for suppressing past migration trends .
16 Six theses in this category were from Imperial College , and it would be reasonable to suggest that the copies consulted , and subsequently cited by authors other than the thesis authors , were from London University 's main library , where the set of theses for inter-library loan is kept .
17 It would be reasonable to suggest that while word stress was independent of intonation , the placement of tonic stress was a function ( the accentual function ) of intonation .
18 ‘ It might be reasonable to assume that Mr Goodhaven did n't set the trap himself , to persuade me of his innocence , ’ he said , writing ‘ Henry Goodhaven ’ on the list .
19 In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away .
20 Allowing for a certain amount of exaggeration , it would be reasonable to assume that most of the wealthy landowners and business men would have suffered in this ruthless purge .
21 It would be reasonable to assume that the considerable changes that took place in Britain were a result of these large-scale confiscations .
22 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 .
23 If it can be shown that most children recorded as unoccupied in the census also had economically inactive lone mothers then it would be reasonable to assume that the concerns about numerator-denominator bias expressed by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys may be exaggerated .
24 It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities .
25 It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities .
26 Perhaps it would be reasonable to assume that 550 deaths are caused in England , Wales and Scotland every year by drunken driving .
27 It is reasonable to anticipate that wherever in this universe life evolves on the surface of a massive ellipsoid like the earth , the advanced forms will have one-fold symmetry .
28 Usually it is reasonable to presume that ( if the parties had considered the eventuality that the contract would become impossible or illegal to perform ) , they would have intended all further performance to be excused .
29 My basic feeling is that while it is reasonable to ask that that a council , as a council , as a political grouping , may make the decisions about things , it is an absolute nonsense that many , many councils — some of them are worse than others — will not let their professionals speak out on their you know from using their own expertise , their own knowledge , their own experience , and quite often that that debate , the whole debate is gagged by the fact that you 're employees of the council .
30 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 .
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