Their work is set in the frame of a rational world; they are stories that 'could happen'.

The electric light came on and brought her back to a rational world.

The two events are not related in a rational world.

Well, in a rational world that is precisely what he would be.

In a rational world, this would be seen as rendering him ineffective.

The legal profession is trained to deal in the rational world.

Yet I live in the rational world and am subject to its laws.

In a rational world, he argued, everything had a cause.

The answer, in a rational world, would depend on the future use of the site.

In a rational world it would be done away with.