Example sentences of "seem reasonable [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a deviant sentence can be normalised by adjusting its grammatical structure — for instance , by changing the order or syntactic category of elements , or by adding , substituting or deleting one or more grammatical elements — then it would seem reasonable to suppose that its deviance is grammatical in nature . |
| 2 | It would seem reasonable to assume that measures aimed at treating calculi in these patients may reduce the frequency of infection . |
| 3 | It might seem reasonable to propose that the features of spoken language outlined in the preceding section should be considered as features of utterances , and those features typical of written language as characteristic of sentences . |
| 4 | Certainly , it would seem reasonable to believe that a problem affecting society generally will also occur in an age group which , as we have seen , faces a multitude of social and emotional difficulties . |
| 5 | But where results can be presented in tabular form it does seem reasonable to expect that there is sufficient uniformity of approach to have allowed for more than one interviewer , and , of course , for subsequent repetition of the interviews , so as to replicate the enquiry . |
| 6 | So it would seem reasonable to suggest that second language learners might proceed in a similar way ( cf. |
| 7 | It would seem reasonable to suggest that it was this waking preoccupation of his that Qused his subconscious to produce the relevant dream . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it does seem reasonable to suggest that teachers need to be aware that when tackling many writing tasks pupils will achieve a greater degree of success , both as writers and as learners , if they can work in stages , and if within these stages they have sympathetic and informed support from both teachers and peers — not , I would insist , seeking to impose a preconceived notion of how to plan or how to write , but helping pupils to discover what works best for them . |
| 9 | For instance , it would surely seem reasonable to suggest that a theory that anticipates and leads to the discovery of new phenomena , in the way Clerk Maxwell 's theory led to the discovery of radio waves , is more worthy of merit and more justifiable than a law or theory devised to account for phenomena already known and not leading to the discovery of new ones . |
| 10 | Dr Linebaugh has discovered that around 40 per cent of those hanged at Tyburn in the middle years of the eighteenth century had completed apprenticeships and a further 20 per cent had at least begun one ( see pp. 230 – 1 ) Even in London , the greatest centre of artisan manufacture , not all apprenticeships led to a skilled trade — the unfortunate climbing chimney boys for example — but it would seem reasonable to suggest that around half of the working men of the capital were to some degree skilled , in the sense of selling specialised labour . |