rational assessment

collocation in English

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rational
adjective
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/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
based on clear thought ...
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assessment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈses.mənt/us
/əˈses.mənt/
the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that ...
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(Definition ofrationalandassessmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He gives no comfort to irrationalist fideism - the view that faith requires believing contrary to one'srationalassessmentof the evidence.
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As such, its truth cannot be guaranteed on the basis of arationalassessmentof objective evidence.
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Hisrationalassessmenttells him it is not a golden opportunity.
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The starting point for anyrationalassessmentof an interface design is the fundamental relationship to be established between the user and the system.
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The enthusiasm for reform had in part been based on ignorance, rather than on arationalassessmentof likely programme components and associated costs and benefits.
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The uncertainty of the telecommunications reform in the early 1980s is also evidence of the importance of ideas beyond simply arationalassessmentof empirical evidence.
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Hobbes was clearly inclined to use irony and ridicule to make his readers aware that this traditionally-received doctrine ought to be subjected torationalassessment.
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However, it will force them to make a morerationalassessmentof how the burden of paying for pension rights should be allocated.
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He would probably agree that to exploit all technology, and, in particular, this industry, what is necessary is arationalassessmentof the market.
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On the broader issue, a sensible defence policy comes out of arationalassessmentof the facts.
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Norationalassessmentof future industrial potential suggests that we shall need to do longer hours.
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It is clear that anyrationalassessmentof that incentive argument needs to distinguish between marginal and average rates of taxation.
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Rationalassessmentof what it provides suggests that neither of those things applies.
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However, it is belied by the facts revealed by anyrationalassessmentof economic progress in the past 50 years.
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Until the process is completed, how can arationalassessmentbe made about whether the final product includes an issue of constitutional significance?
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We need arationalassessment—as far as is possible—of the reality of the existing situation, and we need to ensure that we work through each of the available options.
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We cannot get any closer to somerationalassessmentof the terms under which awards should be made and how we should consider the criteria for making them.
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The result is a mounting housing crisis caused by policies based on crude ideology rather than on anyrationalassessmentof the housing need and how to meet it.
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Wulstan's, which should certainly be capable of some form ofrationalassessment, concerns the whole future of institutionalised care of the mentally ill.
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