The sentence 'take sensible precautions' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to encourage someone to be cautious and aware to protect themselves from potential danger. For example, "When travelling in a foreign country, always take sensible precautions and stay aware of your surroundings."
Take sensible precautions, Hiroko told her son, but remember that nowhere will be entirely safe.
"The conditions across the county are making any travel treacherous and we are advising people to take sensible precautions".
"Some of these can easily be avoided if people take sensible precautions when either walking across clifftops or visiting beaches".
We asked the banks for their views, but they told us that, as long as users take sensible precautions, customers should not be put at risk.
Disaster psychology tells us that few of us judge the risk of prospective hazards accurately, or take sensible precautions even if we do.
"All visitors to these countries should take sensible precautions and maintain a high level of vigilance in public places," said a Foreign Office spokesperson.
The travel industry is taking sensible precautions to minimise this risk.
And they are torn between the need to show they are taking sensible precautions and the importance of preventing panic.
Police are needed to go after criminals, but people can help prevent crimes in the first place by taking sensible precautions.
The argument is pretty clear; we should continue to travel while at the same time taking sensible precautions to minimise the risk to ourselves, our fellow travellers and the people of the countries we visit.
Some might regard their escapade as at best naive and at worst foolhardy; they insist they took sensible precautions and were motivated by a desire to help a suffering people.
