reasonable interpretation

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandinterpretation

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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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interpretation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˌtɜː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌtɝː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/
an explanation or opinion of what ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandinterpretationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From all the studies mentioned, areasonableinterpretationwould be that oral contraceptives present no major teratogenic hazard.
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Areasonableinterpretationof an indicative conditional prefixed by a ' % ' is as stating an entailment.
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I will argue that on anyreasonableinterpretation, showing respect for persons obligates the state to respect autonomous preferences, and perhaps only autonomous preferences.
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But the opposite can be argued for on the basis of onereasonableinterpretationof the language switching data.
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The diagnosis produced by the above algorithm can be viewed as areasonableinterpretationof discrepancies between the agent's predictions and actual observations.
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The mostreasonableinterpretationof the origin of methane is biogenic, either from past or present life, from the deep subsurface or the near-surface environment.
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The way they are constructed is an important part of the analysis since a poor treatment of the input data gives results that are not open forreasonableinterpretation.
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Among these cases are those in which areasonableinterpretationof another's unbigoted statements may result in psychological injury-when, for example, one is rightly called a cheat or coward.
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Given the reductions, areasonableinterpretationof model results is that they show the benefit of a carbon policy in a situation of increasingly stringent traditional environmental policy.
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It must be a matter of supposition andreasonableinterpretationof court cases.
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I hope that that is areasonableinterpretation.
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Is that a fair andreasonableinterpretationof the position?
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I should have thought that "months" was a morereasonableinterpretationof the amendment.
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Thereasonableinterpretationis that health authorities have a statutory obligation to make arrangements "for securing" such advice.
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This is one veryreasonableinterpretation, one very practical line, on which development can take place.
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I am putting forward what we believe to be areasonableinterpretationof the proposal as it has been set out.
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There will need to be wise andreasonableinterpretation.
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On anyreasonableinterpretationof the figures, that £1,900,000 cannot have been spent upon actual subsidies.
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