reasonable confidence

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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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confidence
noun
uk
/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.fə.dəns/
the quality of being certain of your abilities or of having trust in people, plans, or ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandconfidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I would need to be able to understand and speak withreasonableconfidence, and also to read.
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To initiate a war is, even for the strongest power, to risk much for an outcome which is rarely predictable withreasonableconfidence.
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This is considered sufficient control for the researchers to havereasonableconfidencein the results gained from the same type of statistical analysis.
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As with any classification study, replication with an independent sample would bolster the reliability claim, but the positive results of the subsample replication providereasonableconfidencefor the findings.
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Therefore, it suggests that there was a general feeling ofreasonableconfidencein our industrial prospects.
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I hope that it will not be long before the country can, withreasonableconfidence, be regarded as free of disease.
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My belief is that builders should be able to plan withreasonableconfidencefor 1979.
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We hope, withreasonableconfidence, that the results of the survey will be published by the end of this year.
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We waited with somereasonableconfidencethat he would come back to us.
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It all gives mereasonableconfidencethat houses which are needed will go on being built quite satisfactorily with the reduced subsidy.
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In practice of course the rate of contribution remains reasonably constant over time to enable authorities to plan ahead withreasonableconfidence.
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The matter is being considered as fast as is compatible with thereasonableconfidencethat we are going to get the right answer.
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It has only recently been possible to acquire the knowledge necessary to decide withreasonableconfidencewho is or who is not a carrier.
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We need more certainty, and the ability to plan ahead withreasonableconfidencein the likely level of support.
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Our immediate task is to improve the system—still at present in the prototype stage—so that it can be used withreasonableconfidence.
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The framework at least should be relatively secure so that they can take these decisions withreasonableconfidence.
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I have raised those questions because we must face up to them and have somereasonableconfidenceof our capacity to resolve them.
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They can better foresee market conditions and the trend of profitability, and can havereasonableconfidencethat investment decisions taken now will prove right.
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They can start to build on that interdependence, and we can look forward to the future withreasonableconfidence.
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One can havereasonableconfidenceand one hopes that the experience which the manufacturer has gained will enable a successful engine to be produced.
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