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This was the first sensible suggestion she had heard from him.
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Doctor Sparrow is clearly a sensible man .
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Still a sensible man , the Harvey.
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Any sensible policy concerned with reducing crime - crime can never be abolished - needs three components.
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There are sensible ways of dealing with it.
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One sensible way would be a widespread move to a four-day work week.
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He gave me some very sensible advice.
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He was sensible enough to see that Jake was the best candidate for the job.
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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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She said that sensible people weren't led astray by infatuation.
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The additional assessment is a sensible and welcome attempt to differentiate students' performance by assessing higher-order skills.
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They're sensible to keep us in here.