adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
argument
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The lawyer advocates formal legal propositions which he supports with reasoned arguments .
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The reader should be able to confirm the direction of the shifts either graphically or by reasoned argument .
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It was not worth presenting reasoned arguments to Mrs Harper.
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It was not a place for reasoned argument and Alec Davidson did not press his point further.
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It has shown the importance of children's previous experience of exploratory discussion and reasoned argument .
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In doing so, they replace debate with assertion, and pull an essay away from patterns of reasoned argument .
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All those rules which constitute natural justice are related directly or indirectly to the idea of presenting proofs and reasoned argument .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a well-reasoned response
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It became clear that calm, reasoned arguments were not working in this volatile situation.
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We must have an informed and reasoned debate of the moral issues involved.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Here reasoned choice between lesser evils was the course which brought the least ill on humanity.
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It was not worth presenting reasoned arguments to Mrs Harper.
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Its value lies in the way it opens up the issue for reasoned discussion.
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On 13 May 1991 Barnett J. in a reasoned judgment refused relief.
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The reader should be able to confirm the direction of the shifts either graphically or by reasoned argument.
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They believe it will be weeks before any reasoned dialogue can return.