sensible suggestion

collocation in English

meaningsofsensibleandsuggestion

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sensible
adjective
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/ˈsen.sə.bəl/us
/ˈsen.sə.bəl/
based on or acting on good judgment and practical ideas ...
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suggestion
noun[C or U]
uk
/səˈdʒes.tʃən/us
/səˈdʒes.tʃən/
an idea, plan, or action that is suggested or the act of ...
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(Definition ofsensibleandsuggestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsensible suggestion

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It seemed to me that that was a verysensiblesuggestion.
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That is a verysensiblesuggestion, but it is a little difficult to manage under our rules.
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That might be asensiblesuggestion, but again it would be for them to decide.
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Would it not be possible to put this verysensiblesuggestioninto practice?
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Is that not a helpful andsensiblesuggestion?
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That is asensiblesuggestion, but a quite different matter which would be for the commercial judgment of the companies concerned and their shareholders.
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I am bound to say that, judged by any standard, this seems to me to be a verysensiblesuggestion.
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This seems to me to be asensiblesuggestionwhen we are conducting an experiment of quite unusual proportions.
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In my view, that was a verysensiblesuggestionof theirs.
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It is also asensiblesuggestionthat at least once a year we should examine projects that are put forward.
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I shall certainly look into that: it seems a verysensiblesuggestion.
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Indeed, it seems a moresensiblesuggestionthan that put forward by my noble friend.
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I put that forward as quite a fair andsensiblesuggestion.
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I am trying to put forward asensiblesuggestion.
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She made thesensiblesuggestionthat we should debate the matter again in a year to see whether the situation had improved.
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I think it an eminentlysensiblesuggestionand one to which anybody interested in putting the betting laws right would agree.
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That seems asensiblesuggestion, and one which fits our requirements.
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The proposal to uprate the earnings rule to £35 with indexing is asensiblesuggestion.
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It seems to me to be a mostsensiblesuggestion.
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If he cannot, we shall have to see what to do about it, but it is asensiblesuggestion.
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