reasonable likelihood
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreasonableandlikelihood
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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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likelihood
noun[U]
uk/ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd/us/ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd/
the chance that something ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandlikelihoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Although our two gradients are not true 'replicates' of each other, patterns which emerge for both of them have areasonablelikelihoodof revealing general features.
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If, however, there is areasonablelikelihoodthat we can debate the matter later, that is a different situation.
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The discloser can reveal information provided that he does not cause harm and there is noreasonablelikelihoodof damage.
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There was therefore areasonablelikelihoodof further collisions.
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The standard the applicant has to meet is a modest one—no more than areasonablelikelihoodof persecution.
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I think that there is areasonablelikelihoodthat there would be a significant saving, whatever might happen further down the line.
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It is extraordinary that what must be taken into account is not whether the arrangements would be challenged but whether they would be challenged, "with anyreasonablelikelihoodof success".
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The intention is that there shall be areasonablelikelihoodof a grant-aided facility remaining in horticultural use for long enough to make payment of grant worthwhile.
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It adds nothing to go on to say: "there was noreasonablelikelihoodthat its further disclosure would damage the work or any part of the security and intelligence services".
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There is areasonablelikelihoodthat a large number of the 750 to 1,000 people whom we are talking about would lose their home and their entire way of life.
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One of its deficiencies is that, "challenged in court on competition grounds, with anyreasonablelikelihood of success" seems to discount the powers of advocacy of the legal profession.
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In the context of tax assets and liabilities, there must be areasonablelikelihoodthat the tax difference may be realised in future years.
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Critical issues typically have areasonablelikelihoodof causing substantial financial or reputational damage to the company.
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The charge and verdict form created areasonablelikelihoodthat the jury believed it was precluded from considering any mitigating circumstance that had not been found unanimously to exist.
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