Sentence examples for well reckon from inspiring English sources

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Yet the voters may well reckon that the argument smacks of sophistry.In the end, Mr Chirac and his allies may fear Mr Le Pen's National Front more than it worries about a revitalised left.

Confronted with a trade ultimatum, the Beijing regime, puffed up in its G2 hubris, may well reckon it is cheaper politically to retaliate to the United States in kind.

Mr Obama has high hopes of persuading China and Russia to harden UN sanctions.The leaders' last refugeMessrs Khamenei and Ahmadinejad, whose denunciations of the West are as strident as ever, may well reckon that increased international pressure on Iran will as in the past galvanise Iranians in defence of their regime.

Of this number, China might well reckon that the Islamic power would be the one most likely to help it counterbalance what it will see as its chief rivals, America and Europe.Russia itself will have to make a similar appraisal of where its interests lie in such a world.

Given voters' memories of the infirmity, not to mention corruption, of the late François Mitterrand in his second term as president, Mr Chirac may well reckon that a five-year term would give him a better chance of victory against Mr Jospin, a youthful 62.Now that so many seem to agree on the change, how should it be made?

The same calculation may lie behind China's current attempts to boost its influence in Iran (which Russia is also courting: the speaker of Iran's parliament was recently given a standing ovation by the Russian Duma).Taking the longer view, as they love to do, China's leaders may well reckon that, in 20 or 30 years' time, a Muslim power could arise to join the ranks of world powers.

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This amendment will probably apply to lung exchanges as well, reckons Alexandra Glazier, vice-president of the New England Organ Bank.

An investment banker in New York who knows Sony's management well reckons that Sir Howard "is not the most hands-on operator, nor a shake-it-up kind of guy, but compared with the fossils who've been running Sony, he's an immense improvement".

Well I reckon we've been well and truly conned by the shampoo manufacturers.

"I said to [the ambassador], 'Why are you bothering with a minnow like me?' and he said, 'Well, I reckon you're in the top 1,000 opinion formers in this country,' and I said, 'Well, I must be number 999,' and he said, 'The other 999 have been here also.'".

"Well, I reckon photography always does that to a degree," he replies matter-of-factly.

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