reasonable limit

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandlimit

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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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limit
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreasonable limit

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That seems areasonablelimit.
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It is areasonablelimit.
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Seventy decibels is not areasonablelimit.
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I think that is areasonablelimit.
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There is areasonablelimitin everything.
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Experience has proved it to be areasonablelimit.
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I am very willing to accept areasonablelimit.
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I think that £500 is a veryreasonablelimit.
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Therefore, there is a case for having areasonablelimit.
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I think it is a perfectlyreasonablelimitof time.
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In 1949 £100 was considered to be areasonablelimit.
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I think that midnight is areasonablelimit.
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There must be areasonablelimitto the amount advanced.
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It is difficult to ensure that the level of derogation is kept to areasonablelimit.
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I should have thought that the year 2000 is areasonablelimit.
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In 1929, such aids were extremely rudimentary, so it was areasonablelimitat that time.
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But there comes a practicalreasonablelimit, and we have exceeded that.
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I think he ought to accept thereasonablelimitwe have taken from his own figures.
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I believe that the inspectors were absolutely right in confining their report within areasonablelimit.
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Secondly, relocation and other costs should be fully refunded, but within areasonablelimitobviously.
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There must obviously be somereasonablelimitin the way this is done.
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I consider that ten m one evening would be areasonablelimit.
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Fifteen minutes is areasonablelimitand would enable more colleagues to get in.
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There should be areasonablelimitwithin which they will be able to claim repayment.
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So we have gone for a logical and, we think,reasonablelimitof one acre.
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