Example sentences of "assume [conj] [det] [noun sg] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By intervening in this way , one can reasonably assume that this request can be regarded as making an exception to the general rules — implicit or explicit — of identification . |
| 2 | Either there is no one else to step in , or doctors and social workers — themselves at their wits ' end to find facilities — conspire to bring it about by assuming that such care will be given , for example when a patient is discharged from hospital following a stroke . |
| 3 | He would watch the movements of birds for hours through his binoculars without ever assuming that this activity could be interesting to other people , without ever promoting it as a topic of conversation . |
| 4 | In this remark , perhaps the earliest preserved utterance of an English housewife , she certainly seems to have assumed that such food would be a normal part of the family diet . |
| 5 | It was assumed that all learning could be reduced to a series of conditioned reflexes . |