reasonable request
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreasonableandrequest
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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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request
noun
uk/rɪˈkwest/us/rɪˈkwest/
the act of politely or officially asking ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandrequestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As we are looking to the future and pursuing legislation, we cannot, unfortunately, find time for all debates—even when there is areasonablerequest.
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It seems to me a veryreasonablerequest.
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It will only cost £30,000, and since they have increased their output by over 30,000 tons a year, surely it is areasonablerequestto make.
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This is areasonablerequest, which we need to meet at the earliest opportunity.
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This surely is areasonablerequestwhen one bears in mind the rising unemployment figures in my constituency.
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I cannot think of a morereasonablerequest.
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I thought it was areasonablerequestthat they made.
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This seems to me to be a perfectlyreasonablerequest.
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That seems to me to be a perfectlyreasonablerequest.
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I think that is a veryreasonablerequest.
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I think that that is a veryreasonablerequest.
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It is a fair andreasonablerequestfrom these villagers that 30 mph should be the limit.
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That seemed to be a logical andreasonablerequeston the face of it.
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It was in my view areasonablerequestto which a reasonable authority would have responded positively.
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Could he define who decides what is areasonablerequest?
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That would have been a veryreasonablerequestin the circumstances.
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It is areasonablerequestand a modest amendment.
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We have the further complication that anyreasonablerequestmight well be interpreted by a court as including the fact that it is economical.
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It might well be said that you cannot have areasonablerequestif you are asking for something which is wholly uneconomic.
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We think that that is areasonablerequest.
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