Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] not unreasonable [verb] that " 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 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 In real life it is not unreasonable to expect that the learner may often hear things of which the meaning escapes him .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 In the absence of other evidence it is not unreasonable to assume that numbers of this order persisted into the early 1900s .
10 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 .
11 Because prosecution is a last resort it is not unreasonable to suggest that the offe
12 ‘ 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 .
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