reasonable measure

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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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Using an axiomatic approach to entropy we prove that there is basically only onereasonablemeasure-theoretic entropy notion on doubly stochastic operators.
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Thus, areasonablemeasureof plan liability includes all vested and non-vested benefits as of a particular date.
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In the absence of large-scale production contexts, ceramics can provide areasonablemeasureof relative intrasite occupation and population levels.
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It is difficult to achieve areasonablemeasureof control in the growing bulb.
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Official valuations often underestimated the real productivity or saleable price of land, but they do provide areasonablemeasureof the relative value of different farms.
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If 106 is areasonablemeasureof the distance over which large eddies retain their identity, then these eddies are being replicated in some persistent, quasi-stable cycle.
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Even thatreasonablemeasureresulted in threats to staff, and a number of prisoners refusing prison food, in an effort to overturn the governor's decision.
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That is areasonablemeasureof sufficiency to keep body and soul together in their old age.
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In this connection, simply granting terminals for combined transport exemption from notification is not areasonablemeasureto take.
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I would plead that areasonablemeasureof de—control be given to local authorities in rural areas.
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Towards the end of 1946, areasonablemeasureof production was being achieved.
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That is areasonablemeasure, but we should go further and extend the provision to all vulnerable persons.
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Six months is considered to be areasonablemeasureof what is long-term.
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I would also like to suggest that when the agreements are entered into they should be given the fullestreasonablemeasureof publicity.
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It is areasonablemeasurewhich takes into account the changed circumstances and the much wider and more nutritional diet now available.
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We could reach areasonablemeasureof agreement on that—if not wholly tonight, then certainly in the next 24 hours.
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Do we believe that probation has areasonablemeasureof success?
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I think we have come within areasonablemeasureof spending our full entitlement.
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Across a local authority area, such as a county, distribution on a population basis provides areasonablemeasureof the need to spend.
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That is areasonablemeasureof the level of service activity.
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