Many would consider it a reasonable request, but there are strong economic and political forces against it.

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To the hapless traveler, this seems like a reasonable request.

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"I think it's a reasonable request to say, 'We're willing to do one thing or another, but it's hard to do both at the same time, ' " Hansman said.

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That seems a reasonable request to me.

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Actually, this sounds like a reasonable request.

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The context (also explained elsewhere in the state papers) is that Charles wished the Princess Mary, Henry's daughter by his first wife Catherine of Aragon, to be restored to the order of succession, a request Charles believed to be reasonable given that Henry was still young enough to father a legitimate son.

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He is now calling for a "reasonableness" clause to be introduced to the act so that any request for information has to be reasonable and relevant to the workings of a council.

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Twitter opposed the request, arguing that its users have a reasonable expectation of privacy (perhaps oddly, given that anyone can follow a twitterer).

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Given the cost and risks inherent in any supplemental examination procedure, it is not reasonable to assume every application will be the subject of a request.

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