Example sentences of "reasonable [to-vb] [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think it is reasonable to observe that the major issues of the Falklands War were more or less written in the stars . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it seems reasonable to assume that the specific nature of the object , and in particular its physical presence , will result in a tendency for it to act in certain distinctive ways , compared with other media of cultural expression . |
| 3 | Though it seems reasonable to assume that the ideal candidate for cardiac transplantation is one who has irreversible cardiac failure and severe symptomatic restrictions despite all treatment but with no requirement for intravenous or interventional support and no secondary end organ damage , in practice many of the patients referred for consideration of transplantation require active support in hospital and have been referred in some cases because they have developed secondary end organ damage . |
| 4 | It would be reasonable to assume that the considerable changes that took place in Britain were a result of these large-scale confiscations . |
| 5 | Therefore it is reasonable to assume that the binding properties of the 140k DNA binding domain presented here reflect those of the full 140k polypeptide . |
| 6 | It seems reasonable to suggest that the natural theme we is omitted in the second sentence in order to foreground the rheme . |
| 7 | It now seems reasonable to expect that the new chalets will be filled either by short term letting through a central agency , or by ‘ time sharing ’ which seems to be popular these days . |
| 8 | SO impressive has been Wigan 's play of late that it seems reasonable to conclude that the transitional period from the control of Graham Lowe to that of John Monie is complete . |
| 9 | If life has developed for the enjoyment that it brings , and it started with the existence of a single cell , then it is reasonable to suppose that the single cell was capable of the detection of an extremely small measure of ‘ pleasure ’ which it could experience by satisfying some ‘ desire ’ . |
| 10 | For OCS it is reasonable to argue that the higher frequency motion corresponds to the CO stretch and the lower frequency to the CS stretch , as the two terminal atoms have very different masses . |
| 11 | But the complication of such an operation would be considerable ; and it is reasonable to say that the entire population of the Pacific nations , even if they inhabit the Atlantic seaboard , can make use of the goods that are carried across the Pacific Ocean . |
| 12 | It is reasonable to ask whether the Caribbean community in London has such a distinctive variety of English , characterised by features of accent , grammar or vocabulary which are closely identified with members of that community only . |
| 13 | If there is really a divide of this type between preadolescent and adolescent boys , it would be reasonable to ask if the same is true of girls . |