Example sentences of "[subord] it is reasonable [to-vb] that " in BNC.

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1 There are situations , it seems , where it is reasonable to say that there are two or more causal circumstances for a single effect .
2 Russell does not say what form the ‘ complicated arguments ’ about the validity of this argument might take , but the chapter in which it occurs is entitled ‘ Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description ’ , so it is reasonable to suppose that one thing that was bothering Russell was the possibility that a person who meaningfully uses the word ‘ I ’ does so in virtue of knowing something which he calls ‘ I ’ not by acquaintance , but by description .
3 The time is during the later 1970s ( so it is reasonable to expect that they will speak modern English , with Scottish accents ) .
4 Indirect evidence may also help the historian to examine population variations , because it is reasonable to infer that these caused economic changes , some of which can be measured over wider and more representative areas .
5 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 .
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