reasonable argument

collocation in English

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reasonable
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Areasonableargumentcould be made that the disvalue of disease or death differs less between persons than the marginal value of money.
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For most practical purposes, this may have been areasonableargumentas far as central government is concerned.
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The authors provide convincing evidence and areasonableargumentfor declarative consciousness as a shared psychological property in humans, monkeys, and dolphins.
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At least, it seems to me that areasonableargumentmight be constructed for this conclusion.
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Areasonableargumentwas made that the chimps remembered 5 digits 65% of the time.
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Such insistence creates problems in what is otherwise areasonableargument.
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On the surface this is areasonableargument.
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We are not aware of anyreasonableargumentwhy patients and research subjects should have less privacy protection in governmental than nongovernmental healthcare and research.
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These are important and controversial questions of constitutional law, and because they turn on quite different sorts of judgments, one can envision areasonableargumentfor any combination of answers.
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Marino thought we provided convincing evidence and areasonableargumentfor declarative consciousness as a shared psychological property in humans, monkeys, and dolphins.
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It is so extreme that he spoils what starts off as areasonableargumenton a problem which we admit exists.
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That is areasonableargument, which cannot be gainsaid.
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The-present position is absolutely intolerable, and cannot be justified by anyreasonableargument.
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To say that it is undemocratic to wish not to diminish that role is not areasonableargument.
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That is areasonableargumentfor resisting, but not the main argument.
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That would have conceivably been areasonableargument.
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It is difficult in the abstract to construct areasonableargumentfor doing so.
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I have never heard him put up anyreasonableargumentas to where the money could be obtained.
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We could have had areasonableargumentin reasonable time.
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There can be noreasonableargumentagainst equality of opportunity in education.
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