Example sentences of "the assumption [that] it is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when the proof comes it also turns out to rest on the assumption that it is already true . |
| 2 | Graph ( a ) shows the Keynesian speculative demand for money ( L s ) on the assumption that it is inversely related to the rate of interest between the interest rates Oi and Oi , 1 : above Oi 1 , the speculative demand is assumed to be zero and below Oi , it is assumed to be perfectly elastic . |
| 3 | There is a tendency to regard mains water as pure and to keep this for special purposes while using one of the other supplies for , say , bulk-washing on the assumption that it is less pure ; this may not always be true . |
| 4 | The same authors also question the assumption that it is too costly for politicians to develop effective means of financial scrutiny , pointing to evidence that instruments of control are widely used systematically and rationally , implying that the preferences of sponsors and citizens are likely to be adequately reflected in the supply of public goods ( Breton and Wintrobe , 1975 , pp. 202–4 ) . |
| 5 | Most researchers start from the assumption that it is morally wrong to conduct research on people who do not know that they are being studied , and will therefore tell them at least that they are writing a book , even if they are not wholly frank about what the book is going to be about . |