Example sentences of "it [verb] to be assumed that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if wives , as wives , are unable to generate a reasonable income for themselves and their children either from the state or from the labour market , then it has to be assumed that their husbands will ‘ keep ’ them . |
| 2 | It has to be assumed that the recipients were at least acceptable to Gloucester , and some can be shown to have had dealings with him in the previous reign . |
| 3 | It has to be assumed that the recipients were at least acceptable to Gloucester , and some can be shown to have had dealings with him in the previous reign . |
| 4 | I was frequently called out of my classes to interpret for him , and it began to be assumed that he would never talk at all . |
| 5 | It is accepted that not every ‘ foul ’ committed in breach of the rules amounts to a crime , and it seems to be assumed that players do , and may lawfully , consent to physical force over and above the minimum permitted by the rules . |
| 6 | It is now widely recognized that all such attempts have failed , yet it continues to be assumed that the rational agent has somehow pulled himself up by his bootstraps out of reach of his own spontaneity . |
| 7 | Someone had thus moved the body , and it had to be assumed that it was the same person who had pushed her on to the plough . |
| 8 | This mode of study was too time-consuming to be suited to the part-time student and it had to be assumed that these benefits would be provided by the employer and the real-life work situation . |
| 9 | In the 1830s , the British geologist Charles Lyell argued that to establish geology as a rigorous science , it had to be assumed that the forces that had sculpted the earth 's surface in the past were identical , both in kind and intensity , to those acting now . |
| 10 | The hat and coat had been delivered the previous evening by an officer of the Kha-Khan 's guard , and since the news of Jehana 's betrothal had been spread through the court hours earlier it had to be assumed that Artai had heard of it , and that either he was inclined to forgive the offence which might be supposed to exist , or else he was pretending that he was aware of none . |