Sentence examples for if it is reasonable to from inspiring English sources

There is an ongoing discussion if it is reasonable to start using nuclear energy, to extend its use, or what effects its phase out could have.

Some people question whether a sport in which violence is so integral to the game can effectively prevent players from misbehaving off the field -- or even if it is reasonable to expect that the league can.

"If it is reasonable to think that a Supreme Court justice can be bought so cheap," Justice Scalia wrote, "the nation is in deeper trouble than I had imagined".

When the Sierra Club, an environmental group, filed a motion asking Justice Scalia to disqualify himself (it had filed the records request that led to the lawsuit), the justice rejected it with an extraordinary opinion: "If it is reasonable to think that a Supreme Court justice can be bought so cheap," he scoffed, "the nation is in deeper trouble than I had imagined".

According to Police Department guidelines, officers are advised to not shoot at cars, Mr. Browne said, but there is an "overarching" guideline that allows them to shoot if it is reasonable to believe an officer, or others, could be hurt or killed.

Citizens do not dream of autarky (where nations rely only on the goods they themselves produce), but they wonder if it is reasonable to import beef from the other side of the Atlantic when we are at the same time supposed to be fighting global warming.

In Tinker v. Des Moines, the court held that schools could punish on-campus speech if it's "reasonable" to expect it to cause a disruption.

Others wondered if it was reasonable to ask fans to contribute when they would not benefit if the movie became a surprise box office hit.

If it's reasonable to see his career still as an upward trajectory, then the familial rift looks worryingly like a hairline crack in a fuel tank.

"I clearly have the obligation to take that to the board, and if it's reasonable, to be considered," he said.

And last week both the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, and the immigration minister, Peter Dutton, said Australia had not paid any cash, so if it was reasonable to comment then, why is it no longer reasonable now?