sensible thing

collocation in English

meaningsofsensibleandthing

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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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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofsensibleandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsensible thing

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If the first trial is the only one that is performed, then it is asensiblethingto do.
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In an environment of extreme uncertainty, for some the mostsensiblethingto do was to join the movement that suddenly controlled the area in which they lived.
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I am sure you will agree that this is a verysensiblethingto do.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That would be thesensiblethingto do.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are including this in the resolution, which is asensiblethingto do.
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That is the onlysensiblethingto do.
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They thought it thesensiblethingto do in planning the future development of the area.
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That does not seem to me to be a verysensiblethingto do.
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I thought it was asensiblethingto do.
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That is a verysensiblethingto do.
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I suggest that it is not asensiblethingto do.
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I am sure that that is the right andsensiblethingto do.
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So they took some steps, and it was a verysensiblethingto do.
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In my opinion, this would be thesensiblethingto do.
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Thesensiblethingwas to transfer a considerable amount of work.
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I believe that he would do thesensiblething.
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Surely thesensiblethingwould be to do away with the ratio altogether.
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This may be asensiblethingto do.
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It is the onlysensiblethingto do.
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Surely that is asensiblethingto do?
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