sensible approach

collocation in English

meaningsofsensibleandapproach

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sensible
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.sə.bəl/us
/ˈsen.sə.bəl/
based on or acting on good judgment and practical ideas ...
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approach
noun
uk
/əˈprəʊtʃ/us
/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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(Definition ofsensibleandapproachfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsensible approach

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For very dependent people, it seems like asensibleapproachfor the future, though the costs are, of course, considerable.
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This is a particularlysensibleapproachin cases in which the realisation of a goal involves the participation of experts (whether human or automated) in several distinct domains.
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Therefore, thesensibleapproachis to seek simple explanations wherever possible, to look for exceptions and to modify the original explanation in terms of the exceptions and new knowledge.
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I also wonder whether the triennial procedure we have adopted is the mostsensibleapproach.
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At the same time, however, it is also asensibleapproach, because we do not question the need to proceed step by step.
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Secondly, a polycentric model of space would be asensibleapproachto counteracting the disparity between the centre and the periphery.
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These both have to be asensibleapproach.
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I do not really know if that is asensibleapproach, to tell you the truth.
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We need to take asensibleapproachin order to identify a common position.
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We set out thatsensibleapproachclearly in our manifesto.
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Why have they not sought a moresensibleapproach?
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There is no reason to believe that thatsensibleapproachwill not be successful.
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We did not think that that was asensibleapproach.
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Until we have asensibleapproachto the overall management of the economy, the steel industry will take the rap.
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This is not asensibleapproachto taxation.
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We believe that this is asensibleapproach.
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There is a need for a moresensibleapproachto wage bargaining.
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That is a fair andsensibleapproachto take.
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I am sure that the courts will follow that general andsensibleapproach.
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