It stands to reason that to pump the oil by pipeline is much more economical than using fleets of lorries.
It stands to reason that very many are obliged to apply under the hated means-testing arrangements for supplementary benefit.
It stands to reason that citizens who believe that public officials will act in the popular interest are likely to express satisfaction with the political regime as a whole.
It stands to reason, then, that if a person's language skills are weak or nonexistent, then he or she might fall back on gestural modes of communication.
If subitizing limits come from limits in long-term recognition, it stands to reason that uncrowded sets of objects could be more likely to be recognized than crowded sets.
At the most general level, it stands to reason that parties pursuing ethnic conflict will generally find it difficult or unattractive to pursue settlement of the conflict.
Second, it stands to reason that in the absence of state-created signal noise, agents are employing the least-cost signals possible that will enable exchange with outsiders.
Since analytical methods use different aspects of speech (different types of metaphor), it stands to reason that students will associate with a given type of language.
