Even twenty years ago, that was a reasonable hope.

Such an approach 'fails to offer reasonable hope', he said.

It seemed at the outset a reasonable hope.

In that context an eventual first-innings lead of 170, although beyond reasonable hope before the game, was disappointing.

But expanding international supply of commodities, including energy, offers reasonable hope that the big price rises of 2003-12 will not be repeated over the next decade.