Sentence examples for a reasonable imitation from inspiring English sources

When the composite sound is electronically modified, the result offers a reasonable imitation of bells in the upper register but a superficial one in the lower.

After one speech he told Kennedy: "When it comes to oratorical flights and rhetoric, you give a reasonable imitation of a bird with a broken wing.

Gillette spent ten years and $1 billion developing its new Mach 3 razor; it took a British supermarket only a year or so to produce a reasonable imitation".In the management of creativity, size is your enemy," argues Peter Chernin, who runs the Fox TV and film empire for News Corporation.

They and their energetic conductor, Xincao Li, are still grappling with Western style, at times convincing in their phrasing and expression, at others creating reasonable imitations that can sound stiff and learned.

I disagreed: it was a private party, the motivation was respectful and matching physical appearances is a reasonable part of imitation.

One proposed revision would clarify that imitation firearms cannot be displayed in public areas of the campus "unless it would be obvious to a reasonable observer that the imitation weapon is not a real weapon" and the display is approved by campus police.

A reasonable question.

seems a reasonable estimate.

A reasonable landlord.

— a reasonable goal.

"A reasonable price," he added.