Example sentences of "assume [conj] the [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It simply assumes that the past is of consuming interest , and through its richness and rareness of reference , and the elegance with which it is written , makes it so . |
| 2 | No reply came , and he assumed that the minister was of the same cold fashion as his wife . |
| 3 | If this new period brought with it a phase of Spenglerian pessimism after the long years of Victorian optimism , Toynbee did not himself assume that the West was in decline as such , but rather that paradoxically the globalization of Western civilization was being accompanied by a self-consciousness of its own cultural relativization , a process to which Toynbee 's own equally totalizing and relativizing history was designed to contribute . |
| 4 | We may assume that the caution was in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 5 | The way of obtaining C outlined above does not assume that the Moon is in hydrostatic equilibrium , which is just as well because it is not . |
| 6 | ‘ I shall not rise to the inevitable sexism which comes from the Government front bench , ’ replied Ms Armstrong , and since not even today 's siren Labour party can consider the word ‘ silly ’ to be sexist we must assume that the objection is to being described as a woman . |
| 7 | We assume that the node is in the second form , so its threshold is 0 . |
| 8 | The figures assume that the loan is to be repaid using equal annual instalments over 20 years and interest is charged at 10 per cent of the reducing balance . |
| 9 | Non-corpuscular radiation is in the form of high energy X rays which , assuming that the earth is in the path of the rays , will reach the earth in fifteen minutes . |
| 10 | This would be in accordance with the " acquisition hierarchy " observed by Edwards , assuming that the acquisition is of a second dialect rather than a new language altogether . |
| 11 | In calculating the amount of Housing Benefit , regulations stipulate that it must be assumed that the student is in receipt of the full grant . |
| 12 | Where crops are grown , therefore , it must be assumed that the aim is for as high a yield as possible . |
| 13 | The lidless 1664 parish coffin at Howden Minster , Yorkshire , is of 3/4-inch oak , better constructed than the Easingwold model , though with identical iron rings and , as there are no nail or screw holes on the upper width of the side panels , it is to be assumed that the lid was of the Easingwold type . |