sensible limit

collocation in English

meaningsofsensibleandlimit

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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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limit
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition ofsensibleandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The onlysensiblelimitis the election period.
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The amendment will introduce asensiblelimitto the powers conferred upon local government.
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It is necessary to havesensiblelimitvalues for emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.
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The figure of £5,000 million is asensiblelimit, based on a commonly used formula for the present time and the foreseeable future.
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I am concerned that we should not reduce asensiblelimitthat has worked well over the past 20 or 30 years.
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That is thesensiblelimitof its ambition there.
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The point here is simply that an astute level of fine would be asensiblelimit.
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It proposes 50 as a reasonable, prudent guess of asensiblelimit.
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A donation of £200 is an adequate andsensiblelimitfor those under 18.
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Having carefully considered the issues we believe that the age of five is thesensiblelimit.
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The increase in the order, which reflects no more than thesensiblelimitfor prudential considerations, cannot have any impact on borrowing at the lower end of the market.
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There is sense in giving the courts power to confiscate further proceeds when they come to light after the trial, within thesensiblelimitof six years.
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There must be asensiblelimit.
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Only asensiblelimiton donations will prevent the suspicion of money buying undue influence in the political process and thwarting the democratic principle that each vote has equal value.
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It must have sensible limits to its jurisdiction.
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We need to set sensible limits that will prevent risks to health.
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They should make it possible to regulate the amount of drink which is available and to keep it within sensible limits.
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Surely what is needed is some kind of convention, a code of good municipal practice which recognises the realities but imposes sensible limits.
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If one is safe then within sensible limits, all are safe if built to the proper standards.
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This year, sensible limits have been imposed on what local authorities can spend.
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