adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fairly/reasonably accurate
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Police believe Derek gave a reasonably accurate account of what happened.
fairly/reasonably comprehensive
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The available data on world population is reasonably comprehensive.
reasonably priced (= not too expensive )
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The food was good and reasonably priced.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accurate
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Obviously where frequent attempts are made at reconciliation the cost accounts may be reasonably accurate .
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In the private sector, decision making can be guided and implemented by considerations that are subject to reasonably accurate escalation.
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In most cases our customers find our estimates reasonably accurate .
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The several criticisms of the market economy are reasonably accurate and certainly too serious to ignore.
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Nor are they fully explained - although less efficient digestion in general is probably a reasonably accurate explanation.
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This helps stress the need to get the whole approach right if the landings are to be reasonably accurate .
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Forecasts of mortality are now reasonably accurate .
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The current Building Regs are the 1985 edition: books published in 1986 or later should be reasonably accurate .
certain
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Mr Gandhi needs to win at least 200 seats nationally to be reasonably certain of being called on to form the next government.
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Answer guide: When the earnings process is substantially complete and payment is reasonably certain . 3.
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We are reasonably certain there are psychological processes unique to our own species.
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The actual vegetation may not be identical owing to varying local conditions but there is sufficient affinity to make correlations reasonably certain .
clear
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Under the Act, the position is also rather complicated, but reasonably clear .
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Capital punishment does send out one reasonably clear social message.
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The literature concerning professional - managerial relationships is reasonably clear in overall direction if not in degree.
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It seems reasonably clear now that the haste precluded reasonable and deliberate judicial treatment of these cases and was not warranted.
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In my opinion the scheme is reasonably clear .
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There was concrete underfoot, cracked but reasonably clear of vegetation.
close
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With individual voices chosen from the sound-card a reasonably close approximation to the a performance can be produced.
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This answer falls within the acceptable range and so indicates that this person is at or reasonably close to her ideal weight.
comfortable
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Clearly the shopkeeper lived in reasonably comfortable , if cramped quarters.
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Since the flues were not used to heat the rooms in the summer, he could be made reasonably comfortable .
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Key among them is the problem facing most developed countries of how to fund reasonably comfortable retirements for an increasingly long-lived population.
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Their financial status seems to have varied at different times in her life from the reasonably comfortable to the distinctly shabby genteel.
confident
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So when I went back to my surgeon in late January I was reasonably confident .
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The next morning I sent him off to school again, reasonably confident that the problem was solved.
foreseeable
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For a duty to arise, some damage to the plaintiff must be reasonably foreseeable .
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Under this theory, the courts have held schools liable for student injuries that are reasonably foreseeable .
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Assume that a duty of care is owed by A to C as a rescue was reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances.
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That question calls for consideration of what was reasonably foreseeable as the future consequences of the careless act.
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Would the death be reasonably foreseeable ?
good
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The plastic zips are of reasonably good quality but small, with fiddly zip pulls on the pockets.
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Road conditions were reasonably good up the long coastal drive north on National Route 3.
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Most photocopiers can produce reasonably good images from photographs, including colour snaps.
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And the taskbar is a reasonably good way of implementing the underlying structure.
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In the meantime, the morale of the men was reasonably good , in spite of their air having deteriorated.
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Economic growth has been reasonably good , and inflation has been low and steady.
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The income from donations and sales is reasonably good .
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Describe the procedures for insuring a reasonably good sample return from a mailed questionnaire.
happy
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His life had been well-ordered and reasonably happy , he thought, by minding his own business.
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And Sarn Fong was reasonably happy .
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The industry did not shriek too loudly: the strength of demand over the next few years kept everyone reasonably happy .
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If these families were reasonably happy , the parents presumably would not have divorced.
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Their married life was reasonably happy but there was one point which was increasingly a bone of contention.
healthy
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I would say that Courtaulds is reasonably healthy in an extremely hostile environment.
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Are a reasonably healthy state of being and cigarette-smoking really, truly, absolutely mutually exclusive?
high
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Horses need plenty of fresh air, reasonably high roofs for stable air to get away and space to live in!
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These securities are short-term, highly liquid securities with reasonably high yields.
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The average branching ratios of these grammars were reasonably high , compared with HARPY1.
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They all produce a growing number of reasonably high calibre, attractive and inexpensive rugs.
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The bright solar surface is made up of gas at reasonably high pressure, so that in a spectroscope it yields a rainbow.
large
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Thus the notice must be reasonably large and prominently displayed at a spot visible to the buyer when the contract is made.
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The strategy turned out to be successful, and the resultant recombinant viruses produced reasonably large amounts of HbsAg in infected cells.
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The group sits in a circle in a reasonably large room.
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You will need to buy a reasonably large diary.
necessary
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He was held not liable as there was a real and imminent danger and he had done what was reasonably necessary .
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Neither should the doctor do more than is reasonably necessary in the interests of the patient.
possible
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What you must do is carry out as much investigation as is reasonably possible to narrow it down to one suspect.
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All claims must be notified as soon as reasonably possible and accompanied by a copy of your invoice.
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The booklet provides as detailed a statement of the law as is reasonably possible .
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To have a late claim considered, a company should apply to the inspector as soon as reasonably possible in the circumstances.
practicable
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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 .
priced
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If guests wish to eat out there are several reasonably priced local restaurants.
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Best guess is that SunSoft will offer reasonably priced Motif upgrades for Solaris 1.
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The proprietors recommend the Sussex Kitchen at the Pelham Arms which provides good, reasonably priced food.
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When Bill was setting up his first home, he used to attend auction sales, looking for reasonably priced furniture.
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The hotel also has its own bar which stays open till midnight and a very reasonably priced restaurant.
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The bar is one of the cheapest in Crete, with reasonably priced beer and a good well-priced cocktail list.
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In the search for alternative sources of good, reasonably priced wine, have a look at Sicily.
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At around £115 it's definitely a reasonably priced tent.
safe
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In other words, there is an implied term of the contract that the premises are reasonably safe .
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It was the world we knew and preferred for as long as Hsu Fu stayed reasonably safe .
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Well, reasonably safe , anyway.
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As a practical matter, boards of directors are reasonably safe from being thrown out by the stockholders.
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It is the visitor and not the premises that have to be reasonably safe .
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People who work in craft occupations are likely to be reasonably safe from unemployment.
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Rincewind edged his way back on to reasonably safe land and sat down with his back against a wall.
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So long as there was no hunt for a missing girl they had felt themselves reasonably safe .
stable
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The United States had provided a reasonably stable inflationary ceiling up to the mid-sixties.
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For these reasons, most finns strive to maintain a reasonably stable dividend payment from year to year.
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At one level this has enabled him to achieve the considerable feat of maintaining reasonably stable government for more than twenty years.
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High slack systems are those organizations operating with an abundance of resources in reasonably stable and minimally competitive environments.
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In fact the adduct was reasonably stable at room temperature and in solutions of up to 20 percent water content.
successful
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The Bill looked like being reasonably successful despite a reported last-ditch effort by the Bill's Conservative opponents.
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This rescue operation proved reasonably successful , as shown by Table 11.4.
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This system would appear to be the most comprehensive to date, and is reasonably successful .
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Although of limited accuracy by modern standards, the Scuds were reasonably successful at hitting large targets such as urban settlements.
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The system relating to the Head Office relocation has been reasonably successful .
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Every reasonably successful band soon begins to receive demo tapes from young hopefuls.
sure
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We can be reasonably sure after a month that they are stranded there.
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Important Credit facilities should only be reinstated once you are reasonably sure there will be no more problems with getting paid.
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Donna was reasonably sure she knew.
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But we can be reasonably sure that the drug company will not guarantee the potency of the sample beyond its sell-by date.
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We can be reasonably sure that the first water vapours were the natural result of condensation of the outgassed products of volcanoes.
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If lenders are not reasonably sure the loan will be paid back, they will understandably charge a higher rate of interest.
■ VERB
act
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Tribunal chairman David Williams said the employers had acted reasonably .
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They are only required to act reasonably under the circumstances according to the standards of their profession.
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On these facts the plaintiff was held to have acted reasonably and the defendant was liable for her injuries.
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Even if the reason is economic, technical or organisational the employer must still act reasonably in selecting and dismissing each employee.
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This means that the Tribunal has to ask whether the Minister acted reasonably in exercising his discretion to grant a warrant.
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The artist must undertake to act reasonably at all times if offered fair advice by his or her manager.
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The involuntary bailee does no wrong if he acts reasonably in trying to return the goods.
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His duty is to act reasonably .
ask
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This chapter provides a summary of the principal techniques which examiners could reasonably ask of candidates.
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If Richard drove a beaten-up car, it seemed that nobody could reasonably ask for anything more themselves.
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While one may reasonably ask what some one shouted, it hardly makes sense to ask what it was they screamed.
expect
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The new category of genetically modified organisms has been subject to far less testing than one should reasonably expect .
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We could reasonably expect a decent interval of peace in which we might think about these catastrophic events.
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The Government appreciate that that line does not provide the quality of service which passengers can reasonably expect .
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If there were agreement on this question, we might reasonably expect most states to have adopted the same form of government.
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By now Heseltine has probably got about as much mileage out of such occasions as he can reasonably expect .
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Since Public Opinion is supposed to be the prime mover in democracies, one might reasonably expect to find a vast literature.
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Hence, we may reasonably expect a resultative flavour when an adverbal adjective is combined with a change-of-state verb.
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As it turned out, they had all the problems one would reasonably expect , given their experiential reality.
feel
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They might reasonably feel they deserve to be rewarded.
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It was all carefully arranged and rather neat and I felt reasonably satisfied with myself.
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The vegetables took longer than she had expected, but by the time the table had been set they felt reasonably cooked.
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Try to find somewhere where the interviewee can feel reasonably relaxed and you yourself can feel confident.
fit
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The sellers were in breach of the implied condition that the goods should be reasonably fit for their purpose.
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The requirement would be that the goods be reasonably fit for all the purposes for which such goods are commonly bought.
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It is no defence that he acted reasonably if in fact the goods are not reasonably fit for their purpose.
look
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As we were looking reasonably respectable we eventually managed to leave Parliament Square at about 4.30.
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At this stage the screen that confronts you should look reasonably familiar.
price
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It is reasonably priced , and I can certainly recommend it very highly both for personal and institutional purchase.
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It used to be that Quattro was a pricey model, not just a reasonably priced option.
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It's lightweight, durable and relatively easy to fit, as well as being reasonably priced .
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Every industrial X-ray analyst should have this reasonably priced book on his / her shelf.
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Each title will be c. 200 pages in length and very reasonably priced at only £9.95.
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This book is reasonably priced and may appeal to some undergraduates.
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Reasonably priced theatre tickets and affordable health care are tangible.
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The book is reasonably priced and generally well written, with few errors.
seem
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The general sanitary situation in Gorazde seemed reasonably satisfactory.
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Longer term, newspapers seem reasonably well entrenched to deal with the welter of competition.
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Despite many and varied flurries of activity in the first 40 minutes, Arsenal seemed reasonably secure if not inspired.
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Henry found a table that seemed reasonably clean and pulled out a chair.
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The crowd seemed reasonably relaxed, both assent and indignation muted.
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It seems reasonably clear now that the haste precluded reasonable and deliberate judicial treatment of these cases and was not warranted.
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She seemed reasonably harmless and naive and willing to please.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Chao is still in reasonably good health.
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Dad's in reasonably good shape for a 68-year-old.
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How long before we can reasonably expect to see any improvement?
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It was the high-school students who reasonably and responsibly found a solution to the problem.
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Kevin is a hard worker and reasonably intelligent but he has never been promoted.
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She speaks Spanish reasonably well.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A commonly proposed and reasonably workable alternative to constant per unit prices is the two-part tariff structure.
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Another might reasonably reply that because we are animals, creatures of nature, consciousness and nature are inseparable.
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Most industrial tribunal buildings are purpose built and are reasonably comfortably equipped.
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The current state of Earth, some 4. 7 billion years later, is reasonably well known to us.
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The several criticisms of the market economy are reasonably accurate and certainly too serious to ignore.
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These securities are short-term, highly liquid securities with reasonably high yields.
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Thus the minimum cost of a reasonably diversified portfolio would be 30,000-40,000.
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You can buy a proprietary mix that will provide end residues that balance reasonably well - eventually.