reasonable safeguard

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandsafeguard

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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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safeguard
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈseɪf.ɡɑːd/us
/ˈseɪf.ɡɑːrd/
a law, rule, or something that is done to protect someone or something from harm ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandsafeguardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Would not the fact that it is manned by honest men be areasonablesafeguard?
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I always understood that the statutory independence of district auditors from central and local government was areasonablesafeguardfor ratepayers.
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These arrangements, in the opinion of my veterinary advisers, provide areasonablesafeguardagainst the introduction of foot-and-mouth or other disease into this country.
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I think that that is areasonablesafeguardto the taxpayer.
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I should have thought that that was perfectlyreasonablesafeguardto put in.
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I suggest that that is areasonablesafeguardand a sensible way of doing it.
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Meantime the stocks of bricks in hand provide areasonablesafeguardagainst any general shortage for some months to come.
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Usually argument before a court is thought to be areasonablesafeguardthat your case will be heard.
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That is areasonablesafeguardto protect us from the great danger of break-up.
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I think that this amendment would provide areasonablesafeguardfor the middle ground, for the happy medium.
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I agree that somereasonablesafeguardis necessary.
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Could he say if the same process of marking cloth could not now be used as areasonablesafeguard?
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This is areasonablesafeguardfor the companies to expect.
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The introduction of these four words would make that an offence, and would, therefore, be areasonablesafeguard.
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It is areasonablesafeguard, because sometimes the embassies do not know that these deputations are coming.
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It will put in areasonablesafeguard, and it will ensure that the houses will go to the districts that most need them.
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The requirement for designated persons to show evidence of their authority to enter the premises is anotherreasonablesafeguardfor the occupiers of residential premises.
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The involvement of careers officers should be areasonablesafeguardagainst young people taking up full-time employment before they are entitled to do so.
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I am not at all satisfied that that is areasonablesafeguard.
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It is felt that this is areasonablesafeguardfor the citizen and for industry as a whole.
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