Sentence examples for sometimes reasonable from inspiring English sources

The point isn't what you can afford to pay, but whether it is sometimes reasonable to ask to pay less.

Sometimes reasonable part-load performance is sufficient, while in other cases complete agreement with the performance of an existing machine is desirable.

The experts noted that it is sometimes reasonable to treat an infection without first getting a culture of the responsible organism — like when the patient's symptoms are typical of a known bacterial infection.

But sometimes reasonable people have to do unreasonable things.

Joe: Okay, but do I have to answer the officer's questions while he's trying to "confirm or deny" his sometimes reasonable, sometimes unreasonable suspicions about me and my behavior?

For assessment of the free radical scavenging and antioxidant capacity of phenolic complexes in plants the chemical in vitro (cell free) tests can be used for their relative simplicity and sometimes reasonable cost.

Congress has protected historical cell-site records with an intermediate threshold sometimes called reasonable suspicion.

At the very least, it is sometimes a reasonable cost to bear for other things we value.

But the Murdoch empire has sometimes crossed reasonable boundaries with overzealous business practices and the assertion of political power.

The landmark case of Boyd v. United States, decided in 1886, leaves no doubt that a search may sometimes be reasonable even though conducted without a validly issued warrant.

Sometimes a reasonable facsimile can be extremely satisfying, as in a series of carved and painted wood sculptures by the self-taught Kentucky artist Jim Sams.