Example sentences of "[conj] we can [adv] assume " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wish to suggest that we can not assume an a priori aggressive drive in humans . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you do n't look a bit like Mr Harris , ’ she said , ‘ so we can only assume … ’ ’ |
| 3 | The company behind the scam , Mandela , are refusing to fill in any more details , however , so we can only assume it 's another cash-in wind up . |
| 4 | Much of this research has been done by TV advertising agencies and TV organizations themselves — so we can only assume that they have used it to shape their programs to appeal to that level of consciousness . |
| 5 | We now understand the day before another young boy af about nine saw a amn dressed exactly the same some distance away in the Sparcells estate so we can only assume that this man is lurking around in the area . |
| 6 | In the later interviews it is only when grandparents were not known directly that there is no significant memory of them , and we can reasonably assume that this was also the commonest reason for lack of memory in the first set . |
| 7 | His food goes in a corner manger and a brick goes in with it ; the weight of the brick means he ca n't throw the manger about and we can only assume that its bulk gives him something to think about . |
| 8 | As far as discs are concerned , prices will vary widely but we can reasonably assume an average of £15 in 1995 holding steady throughout the decade . |
| 9 | But we can not assume that this is always the case . |
| 10 | But we can confidently assume that there are no languages where part of an M-tense system is not realized somewhere in time-adverbials or the like , not to mention the implicit assumption of M-present if no further specification is provided ( Lyons , 1977a : 686 ) . |