Example sentences of "[adv] reasonable to assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unusual nature of these counter-examples indicates that they are indeed the exceptions which prove the rule , and it is normally reasonable to assume that coins made from the same die were produced at the same time and place . |
| 2 | Third , it is also reasonable to assume that if there is some quality in Eve which completes Adam , that she is different and that this difference in focus can frequently add a valuable insight to the decision-making process . |
| 3 | Since we are quite different in our behavioural capacities , notably in our possessing language , this may reflect a lack of subtlety on the part of the anatomists but it is probably reasonable to assume that the input and output ends of the system are pretty much the same in monkeys as in people . |
| 4 | She knew from her first meeting with him that he could n't always understand written languages the way he could speech , but if he visited Earth so often it was probably reasonable to assume that he would know languages other than English . |
| 5 | In these circumstances it is just as reasonable to assume that political elites or administrative officials are acting autonomously as to assume that they are acting in accordance with society 's preferences . |
| 6 | It seems perfectly reasonable to assume that people who frequently commit crime hold ‘ pro-criminal ’ values . |
| 7 | It seems quite reasonable to assume that , when a speaker is organising a ‘ speech paragraph ’ which has two connected elements as its foci , both elements can be made phonologically prominent in the introduction . |
| 8 | Although no reference to them exists among surviving documents , it is certainly reasonable to assume that James sired children . |
| 9 | It is therefore reasonable to assume that they could undertake the order without incurring any further wage costs , so the relevant cost is nil . |