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He showed that a reasonable level of stress provides challenge and creative stimulus and motivates us to action
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"I think it would be reasonable for everybody to loosen up, and spend about 15 to 20 minutes a day laughing," said lead researcher Dr
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If we do have a center within a reasonable distance then we should take part in all its programmes and contribute for its proper management
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The rooms are pretty reasonable other than that
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It was in a bit of a mess though and I got it at a very reasonable price
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At first I was kinda circumspect, yet I found out soon that Denia is a quiet and reasonable woman
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By the time the duty clock said the sabbath was over, Bahkmar had proven to himself beyond all reasonable doubt that there were no real female souls on the ship
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steps which should be taken by such congregations to see that a scriptural eldership is in place within a reasonable time frame
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Once the now customary tears have passed, I ring Brenda and ask if it would be all right for me to have a few days off – she agrees that this is reasonable and promises to make sure that someone is on call just in case there is a problem
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There was a party that night, as he remembered, and no reasonable way they could be excluded
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Scales: It denotes that you are an honest and reasonable person, which will help you earn money and a good reputation
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‘And that is perfectly reasonable under the circumstances
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As a result, I’ve managed to save a reasonable amount over the years, but the important factor is that what I earn is mine so we can certainly look to renting something decent until we find something we want to buy
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As Gary frequently has to bully me into taking any leave at all, this is a perfectly reasonable question
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I can see from my reflection in the mirror, that I manage a very reasonable impression of amused surprise … I’m impressed …
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Glaring at me for being reasonable and denying her the chance of a decent row, Katie stomps off
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start and if there was a reasonable excuse to miss
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If the P is Philip Stevenson, which is a reasonable assumption, then it could be extrapolated that Margaret's visit to the clinic was not successful
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'It seems pretty reasonable
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I can pad that out to make it a reasonable length, then there’s the Italian years, a section on her life when she came back to look after her parents, the conversion of the house and setting up of the Foundation and the last section would be the last thirty years … I could even do a concluding section about the impact Danvers House has had on various women since it was set up
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He sells quality gear at a reasonable price
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Well, they were working by torchlight, so it was reasonable
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“That is a reasonable suggestion,” answered the guest; he stood up and stretched again before asking, “How may I help with supper?”
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“Again, a reasonable suggestion
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Not surprising considering what Ozzie put her through – but she’d married him after all, it was reasonable to assume she knew what she was doing at the time
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It might be reasonable, but all the same he felt a pang of regret, perhaps he should have asked if she wanted to escape with him, but she might have told Ozzie and then he’d never have got away
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The torch gave good light and he made reasonable time for about half an hour, striding across the rough grass and moss, skirting any reeds he came across
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There will have to be an inquest, obviously, but the Coroner is a reasonable man and we shall not hold matters up – it is a clear case of accidental death
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One can only write a small fraction of what was actually said, even if they could remember every word and write fast enough to get it all down in a reasonable time, the cost of the paper would be prohibitive
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Twenty decades later, that bottle had never been re-used, all others had come back into circulation in a reasonable time
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I was lucky enough to be at a very good school in Brighton for my O’ levels and achieved quite reasonable grades which enabled me to get a place for my A’ levels in the sixth form
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She was willing to believe almost anything at this point, at least anything that was reasonable
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Those young people not adhering to the statutes herein set forth shall be assigned employment at reasonable rates of hire at the discretion of this Council
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Henri nodded, relieved that she was being reasonable
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life? It was a reasonable assumption (knowing the
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Darwin seems to be having reasonable weather and the veterinary clinic has been busy so her job is not in jeopardy as it was the last time we talked
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logical, but he was in no mood to be reasonable
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It was reasonable to assume it was the size of the room above in at least one of its dimensions
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This is a matter of fact which cannot now admit of any reasonable doubt ; and the proof of it is, if possible, still more decisive with regard to Scotland than with regard to England
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Double interest is in Great Britain reckoned what the merchants call a good, moderate, reasonable profit; terms which, I apprehend, mean no more than a common and usual profit
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it may be reasonable that one half of it should go to interest, wherever business is carried on with borrowed money
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It is reasonable, therefore,
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This great apparent profit, however, is frequently no more than the reasonable wages of
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“I can refuse you nothing,” replied he, “that is just and reasonable
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colleges, in which education is carried on, was more reasonable than it is at present through
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The rent of land, it may be thought, is frequently no more than a reasonable profit or interest for the stock laid out by the landlord upon its
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This superiority, however, will seldom be found to amount to more than a reasonable interest or compensation for this superior expense
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been reckoned a very moderate price of wheat, since it required a particular statute to oblige servants to accept of it in exchange for their usual livery of provisions ; and it had been reckoned a reasonable price ten years before that, or in the 16th year of the king, the term to which the statute refers
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’ It was all quite reasonable of course, but a
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From about the middle of the fourteenth to the beginning of the sixteenth century, what was reckoned the reasonable and moderate, that is, the ordinary or average price of wheat, seems to have sunk gradually to about one half of this price; so as at last to have fallen to about two ounces of silver, Tower weight, equal to about ten shillings of our present money
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to the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth, during the space of more than two hundred years, six shillings and eightpence, it appears from several different statutes, had continued to be considered as what is called the moderate and reasonable, that is, the ordinary or average price of wheat
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Six shillings and eightpence, therefore, containing about the same quantity of silver as thirteen shillings and fourpence of our present money (one-third part less than the same nominal sum contained in the time of Edward III), had, in those times, been considered as what is called the moderate and reasonable price of wheat
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This price had at this time, therefore, been considered as what is called the moderate and reasonable price of wheat
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If she was over him, if she was worthy of another love, she would be able to face him in a reasonable manner
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with reasonable harvests most years, and access to
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the Bishop will agree to renegotiate more reasonable
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When the Romans, therefore, had occasion to order more corn than the tithe of wheat amounted to, they were bound by capitulation to pay for the surplus at the rate of four sestertii, or eightpence sterling the peck; and this had probably been reckoned the moderate and reasonable, that is, the ordinary or average contract price of those times; it is equal to about one-and-twenty shillings the quarter
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There are many authentic records which demonstrate that, during the reign of that prince (towards the middle of the fourteenth century, or about 1339), what was reckoned the moderate and reasonable price of the tod, or twenty-eight pounds of English wool, was not less than ten shillings of the money of those times {See Smith 's Memoirs of Wool, vol
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Tenpence was then reckoned what is called the moderate and reasonable price of a bushel of wheat
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The coffers of such a company, too, though they ought to be filled much fuller, yet must empty themselves much faster than if their business was confined within more reasonable bounds, and must require not only a more violent, but a more constant and uninterrupted exertion of expense, in order to replenish them, The coin, too, which is thus continually drawn in such large quantities from their coffers, cannot be employed in the circulation of the country
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It was the avowed principle of this bank to advance upon any reasonable security, the whole capital which was to be employed in those improvements of which the returns are the most slow and distant, such as the improvements of land
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There arises, in consequence, a competition between different capitals, the owner of one endeavouring to get possession of that employment which is occupied by another; but, upon most occasions, he can hope to justle that other out of this employment by no other means but by dealing upon more reasonable terms
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Laws frequently continue in force long after the circumstances which first gave occasion to them, and which could alone render them reasonable, are no more
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Entails are thought necessary for maintaining this exclusive privilege of the nobility to the great offices and honours of their country; and that order having usurped one unjust advantage over the rest of their fellow-citizens, lest their poverty should render it ridiculous, it is thought reasonable that they should have another
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To avoid the school principal calling your parents, be reasonable about
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Would it be a reasonable law to prohibit the importation of all foreign wines, merely to encourage the making of claret and Burgundy in Scotland ? But if there would be a manifest absurdity in turning towards any employment thirty times more of the capital and industry of the country than would be necessary to purchase from foreign countries an equal quantity of the commodities wanted, there must be an absurdity, though not altogether so glaring, yet exactly of the same kind, in turning towards any such employment a thirtieth, or even a three hundredth part more of either
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In this case, it seems reasonable that an equal tax should be imposed upon the like produce of the former
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"I wish I could argue with that notion, but… I guess this is a reasonable case these days
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” Ravena took a deep breath, “The other marginally reasonable assumptions---that still fits the facts at hand---aren't as innocent
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Of these encouragements, what are called drawbacks seem to be the most reasonable
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But though the carrying trade certainly deserves no peculiar encouragement, though the motive of the institution was, perhaps, abundantly foolish, the institution itself seems reasonable enough
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That in the actual state of tillage the bounty must necessarily have this tendency, will not, I apprehend, be disputed by any reasonable person
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This contract price is settled according to what is supposed to be the moderate and reasonable, that is, the ordinary or average price, which, before the late years of scarcity, was commonly about 28s
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that we so seldom find a reasonable system established with regard to either of those two capital objects
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This kind of rule is reasonable in a world where pleasing situations make you happy
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If there was a reasonable seignorage, while at the same time the coin contained its full standard weight, as it has done very nearly since the late recoinage, whatever the bank might lose by the seignorage, they would gain upon the price of the bullion; and whatever they might gain upon the price of the bullion, they would lose by the seignorage
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After the cathartic episode of hilarity, which was completely reasonable, the Elf thought: what else would a person do when suddenly faced with a reality more real than anything directly experienced
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Under so liberal a policy, the colonies are enabled both to sell their own produce, and to buy the goods of Europe at a reasonable price; but since the dissolution of the Plymouth company, when our colonies were but in their infancy, this has always been the policy of England
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The adventurers, indeed, who formed some of the latter establishments, joined to the chimerical project of finding gold and silver mines, other motives more reasonable and more laudable; but even these motives do very little honour to the policy of Europe
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The colony assemblies, if they were not very favourably disposed (and unless more skilfully managed than they ever have been hitherto, they are not very likely to be so), might still find many pretences for evading or rejecting the most reasonable requisitions of parliament
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They endeavour, for this purpose, to keep out as much as possible all competitors from the market of the countries which are subject to their government, and consequently to reduce, at least, some part of the surplus produce of those countries to what is barely sufficient for supplying their own demand, or to what they can expect to sell in Europe, with such a profit as they may think reasonable
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They are, however, perfectly just and reasonable; and if, consistently with the necessities of the state, they could be extended to all the other materials of manufacture, the public would certainly be a gainer
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Then there was the way the past would impinge itself onto his psyche, that same uncertainty of his actions pressing in, causing him to question what were perfectly reasonable choices in retrospect
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Our master manufacturers think it reasonable that they themselves should have the monopoly of the ingenuity of all their countrymen
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The drainage valve made a very slow tap and as they could only fill one tub at a time it took quite some time to fill a reasonable number of them
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‘It was a reasonable success,’ he answered
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That part of the produce of the land which remains to him after paying the rent, ought to be sufficient, first, to replace to him, within a reasonable time, at least during the term of his occupancy, the whole of his original expenses, together with the ordinary profits of stock; and, secondly, to replace to him annually the whole of his annual expenses, together likewise with the ordinary profits of stock
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Those two sorts of expenses are two capitals which the farmer employs in cultivation; and unless they are regularly restored to him, together with a reasonable profit, he cannot carry on his employment upon a level with other employments; but, from a regard to his own interest, must desert it as soon as possible, and seek some other
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That part of the produce of the land which is thus necessary for enabling the farmer to continue his business, ought to be considered as a fund sacred to cultivation, which, if the landlord violates, he necessarily reduces the produce of his own land, and, in a few years, not only disables the farmer from paying this racked rent, but from paying the reasonable rent which he might otherwise have got for his land
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‘Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace,’ said the Dormouse: ‘not in that ridiculous fashion
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It seemed reasonable to assume that the block only started to affect the radio system when it was suddenly within range
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The petition was too reasonable not to be granted
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To establish a joint-stock company, however, for any undertaking, merely because such a company might be capable of managing it successfully ; or, to exempt a particular set of dealers from some of the general laws which take place with regard to all their neighbours, merely because they might be capable of thriving, if they had such an exemption, would certainly not be reasonable
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To render such an establishment perfectly reasonable, with the circumstance of being reducible to strict rule and method, two other circumstances ought to concur
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Except the four trades above mentioned, I have not been able to recollect any other, in which all the three circumstances requisite for rendering reasonable the establislment of a
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But the reverence of the people naturally preserves the established forms and ceremonies of religion long after the circumstances which first introduced and rendered them reasonable, are no more
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By a very exact account it appears, that, in 1755, the whole revenue of the clergy of the church of Scotland, including their glebe or church lands, and the rent of their manses or dwelling-houses, estimated according to a reasonable valuation, amounted only to £68,514:1:5 1/12d
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It is reasonable, therefore, that they should be defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society ; all the different members contributing, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities
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His Prussian majesty had probably, upon that account, thought it reasonable that it should contribute a good deal more towards relieving the exigencies of the state