To which objection the remuneration committee replied, reasonably, that the bonus was really a belated effort to bring Gent's compensation into line with those of other successful CEOs (see "Bosses Pay").
The answer, reasonably, is no.
Make sure your client knows when a reply can reasonably be expected.
To which one might reasonably reply: no.
But Mr Bush can now reasonably reply that his policies are beginning to have the desired effects.They need to have.
To which I might reasonably reply that I am a licence-payer and, in this capacity, presumably entitled to have one or two of my cultural antennae tweaked in the same way as the people who enjoy cookery shows.
To which you might reasonably reply: "Wait a minute -- Apple is identifying my advice for advertisers so that they can serve me well-aimed ads?!?!" Welcome to 2012, where pretty much everything with a battery is tracking you, and every site that prompts you to enter a login and password is trying to provide you with relevant ads.
"Against whom, exactly?" he reasonably replied.
This is demonstrated by showing up on time and the reasonably prompt reply to inquires.
If most subjects reply 'about half', we could reasonably conclude that a typical specious present is of the order of 1.5 seconds and 1.5 seconds* – a rough estimate of this sort would need refining, and would not be valid for all subjects and circumstances, but it would also be a useful starting point.
A dreamy, washy memory, made of of stuffy 1pm lie-ins, out of office auto-replies, and a steady stream of reasonably over-priced booze.
