reasonable precaution

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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precaution
noun
uk
/prɪˈkɔː.ʃən/us
/prɪˈkɑː.ʃən/
an action that is done to prevent something unpleasant or ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandprecautionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is areasonableprecaution.
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This is areasonableprecaution.
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That is a "reasonableprecaution".
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The rationale wasreasonableprecaution, facing large uncertainties about a potentially devastating epidemic with a likely possibility of transfusion transmissions.
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I think that is areasonableprecautionagainst injustice.
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That would be areasonableprecautionto put in.
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This seems to me to be quite areasonableprecaution.
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I think, therefore, we have taken everyreasonableprecautionto see that no injury is done.
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The special reserve, therefore, seems to be areasonableprecautionto take in the circumstances.
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At the very least it was a highlyreasonableprecautionto take.
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The general public should take everyreasonableprecautionto look after themselves.
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Everyreasonableprecautionis taken to guard against accidents to the public.
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That might be areasonableprecautionto think of and to take beforehand.
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Would it not have been areasonableprecautionto supply the troops going elsewhere with them?
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Everyreasonableprecautionis taken to safeguard the national treasures, the great majority of which are clearly irreplaceable.
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It is also dependent on the person having taken everyreasonableprecautionto avoid the contingency insured against.
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The farmer may have taken everyreasonableprecautionto restrain it and to retain it in the field or enclosure.
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Everyone must face the requirement of taking everyreasonableprecautionagainst loss of employment or loss of income.
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The amended subsection (6) represents a precautionary measure, and in all the circumstances it seems areasonableprecaution.
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That seems a very elementary andreasonableprecaution, that we should be able to fasten responsibility in that matter.
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But we believe that we have now taken everyreasonableprecautionto set things in the right direction.
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While we must of course take anyreasonableprecaution, we must also ensure that we are not over-restrictive or unnecessarily bureaucratic.
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I mention them merely so that people who may be worried about these things can be reassured that everyreasonableprecautionis being taken.
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Does he mean that when there are reasonable, precautions to be taken we should only take somereasonableprecaution, and omit others?
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This would seem areasonableprecaution; and if there is a trivial error to which attention is drawn, it can be put right before the policies are circulated.
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