reasonable probability

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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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probability
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌprɒb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌprɑː.bəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the level of possibility of something happening or ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandprobabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Class 1 recalls involve products that have areasonableprobabilityof causing serious adverse health consequences or death.
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The patients with frontal damage were more likely to choose cards from decks that gave rewards with areasonableprobabilitybut also occasionally had very heavy penalties.
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It was, however, considered that this officer's record of service indicated areasonableprobability of his being suitable, and he was accordingly offered the appointment.
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I should say the same thing regarding thereasonableprobabilityof a jury finding one thing or another.
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We can, and do, award pensions on areasonableprobability.
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It would allow the presumption that the younger person survived the elder to apply only "in the absence ofreasonableprobabilityto the contrary".
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There may be circumstances in which there might bereasonableprobability.
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I do not know that there is anyreasonableprobabilitythat it is going to return.
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He contended that it was not upon an actuarial basis, but any actuarial basis must depend uponreasonableprobability.
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It does not say what happens where there is such areasonableprobability.
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We cannot put that higher than being areasonableprobability.
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I think that in all humanreasonableprobabilityevery transfer will be made under the officers of the regiment and not to strangers.
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Is it not necessary to show that at all events there is at least areasonableprobabilitythat such an increase will result?
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Every single fact of our military position is founded, and must be founded, on areasonableprobabilityin the circumstances.
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It is for these reasons that my own study of the transcript made me think that the finding of the court-martial was entirely within the bounds ofreasonableprobability.
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The courts decided that there was areasonableprobabilitythat they were guilty of the offences for which they were to be tried, and recommended that they should go back.
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At least that is thereasonableprobability.
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There might be areasonableprobability, in those circumstances, that the father survived the child, but the court might not be prepared to hold that his survivorship was established.
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