Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not unreasonable [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With such a concentration of union representation it is not unreasonable to conclude that ‘ Labour unions are so structured and their membership distributed in such a way as to defend the privileges of the elite ’ ( McGown 1980 p.111 ) . |
| 2 | However , it is not unreasonable to argue that trying to meet the measurement standards of natural science is to inflict a crippling over-ambition on social research . |
| 3 | It 's been accepted that these are credit arrangements under the local government Planning and Land Act , so therefore , it is not unreasonable to argue that borrowing will not represent a new departure for the County Council in terms of being able to control capital spending . |
| 4 | It is not unreasonable to suppose that the lines of crustal weakness invoked by Stoneley ( 1982 ) were , as Arkell ( 1951 ) thought , mainly of Variscan origin , owing to the similarity of stress direction . |
| 5 | We have little idea of how well other old people cope without the help of the formal sector , though it is not unreasonable to suppose that many struggle in a considerable degree of discomfort and risk . |
| 6 | If one may accept the equivalence of at least the concepts underlying the terms and on the one hand and and on the other , there is thus some solid evidence , in addition to the line of reasoning advanced above , to suggest that the concept of a division between " the interior " and " the exterior " existed at least from fairly early on in the sixteenth century ; and it is not unreasonable to suppose that the terms haric and dahil are not anachronistic in respect of the Kanunname . |
| 7 | We have got a well established machinery instituted , we work under that auspices and I believe it is not unreasonable to ask for a substantial wage increase , because after all , a lot of our members depend on family income supplement and rents and rates rebates . |
| 8 | So to that extent , it is not unreasonable to hold the courts largely responsible for the current crisis . |
| 9 | The case for Merz , Pistoletto and Buren may be different , but it is not unreasonable to expect a rationale for the proclaimed indebtedness of Arte Povera and Conceptual Art to the Situationists . |
| 10 | In real life it is not unreasonable to expect that the learner may often hear things of which the meaning escapes him . |
| 11 | If a star could collapse to such a small size , it is not unreasonable to expect that other stars could collapse to even smaller size and become black holes . |
| 12 | In any case it is not unreasonable to expect history teachers to justify publicly to tax-payers and rate-payers why money should be spent on teaching history . |
| 13 | So it is not unreasonable to regard the similarity between the lancelet and the larval sea squirt as evidence of a relationship . |
| 14 | Indeed , since the 1980 Education Act 's requirement that all schools publish their examination results , it is not unreasonable to surmise that the influence of examinations upon teaching quality ( or its lack ) is likely to grow in years to come . |
| 15 | The main theme of the film seems to be that since Christ was meant to be truly human , it is not unreasonable to portray him as subject to the same faults that bedevil all our lives . |
| 16 | If the young adult dog or puppy sees the owner run screaming to the house in terror , it is not unreasonable to assume that the dog will quickly follow . |
| 17 | In the absence of other evidence it is not unreasonable to assume that numbers of this order persisted into the early 1900s . |
| 18 | With the extension of appeal rights to all asylum seekers , it is not unreasonable to propose — as the Lord Chancellor and my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary propose — that this anomalous double provision should end and that increased resources for advice should be concentrated on UKIAS , especially as the service has a better record of winning cases than solicitors and is more cost effective . |
| 19 | As shape and energy are interchangeable in biological systems , and as all biological reactions are shape-specific , it is not unreasonable to suggest that shape-specific water polymers are the basis of the activity of homoeopathic potencies . |
| 20 | Because prosecution is a last resort it is not unreasonable to suggest that the offe |
| 21 | ‘ With these rent levels , it is not unreasonable to suggest that companies in the South-East who are considering relocation are now thinking again , ’ said Mr Stringer . |
| 22 | These days it is not unreasonable to present variable analysis as a relatively coherent approach to social research , some would say the approach , which embraces not only the technical matters to do with data collection and analysis but also , importantly , a way of thinking about theoretical and empirical problems . |