Example sentences of "assume that the [noun sg] [be] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The cereal-packet image assumes that the man is the breadwinner and the woman is responsible for domestic tasks including child-care , cleaning and cooking .
2 The above.discussion rather assumes that the Parliament is a permanent , enduring feature of our constitution .
3 He , of course , assumed that the earth was the hub of the universe , and also that the cosmos was controlled by celestial beings , rather like the living beings or cherubim of Ezekiel .
4 The scholar may assume that the consensus is the same as his or her own idea of crime .
5 Now let's assume that the grass is a little thicker and the putter looks an unsuitable club .
6 But no general account of methodology can reasonably assume that the investigator is a native speaker or has native speaker-like intuitions , and for an outsider at least identification involves finding evidence that a linguistic unit varies in a systematic way between speakers , or between different speech styles of a single speaker .
7 Second , if leadership in God 's economy is not given on a basis of superiority then there is no reason to assume that the husband is the best equipped to make a given decision .
8 The purchaser should ask the vendor for a copy of the shareholders ' agreement , assuming that the vendor is a party .
9 There is clearly no logical inconsistency involved in claiming , on the one hand , that relations must be regarded as a sub-species of properties ( in the broad sense of the latter term ) , and assuming that the world is an agglomerate of many different entities , on the other .
10 This is a more difficult problem to solve but , assuming that the model is a pod and boom type , one solution is to paint the nose cowling a highly visible colour .
11 In the real situation , assuming that the model was a reasonable reflection of the real-world activities , this information would be used by a variety of functional groups , and an investigation without a master checklist would be complex and potentially inaccurate .
12 It is frequently assumed that the Specification is a device designed to enable the pursuer to make life difficult for the insured , the insurer and the solicitor for both .
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