adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
reasonably
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The burden of proving that it was not reasonably practicable would appear to fall on the defendant.
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In other words, they would have found it was reasonably practicable to present the claim in time.
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However, the test is objective, so that the act must be done as soon as reasonably practicable .
where
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Carriage by water was used where practicable , taking produce into the City from market gardens alongside the Thames.
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This is, as already indicated, a foster home where practicable .
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The sheer numbers of creatures involved, particularly rats and mice, demands that where practicable they are bred for the purpose.
■ NOUN
means
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The word practicable means that the employer must prove the impracticability of precautions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The company merger will take place as soon as practicable .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result of these constraints the first practicable date for the sale is this July.
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For this reason phasing of the works is not practicable .
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In familial cases without a gene defect regular echocardiograms are the only practicable screening method.
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Is it the best that can be achieved, the nearest practicable approximation to the democratic principle?
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Mr. Kenneth Carlisle Equipment procurement including development is already subject to competitive tendering wherever practicable .
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This is regrettable, certainly, and everything should be done to make the lives of these animals as good as practicable .
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This is, as already indicated, a foster home where practicable .