Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] assume that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scholar may assume that the consensus is the same as his or her own idea of crime . |
| 2 | The fact of union , coupled with its repeated reaffirmation , has resulted in a position where only a blind man could assume that the power of the Westminster Parliament to sever it was so well established in general acquiescence that none would deny the propriety of its exercise . |
| 3 | Only a very biased , brain's-eye view of the living world would assume that the bigger the brain the more successful the species . |
| 4 | Yet historical interpretation of literature fairly easily loses sight of literary interests ; if it goes far enough , the interpreter may assume that the idea of poetry or drama as art can be abandoned , since what counts are cultural traces , of whatever kind , and the ideological impressions they appear to bear . |
| 5 | The system should assume that the top-rated candidates are correct unless the user chooses another of the existing candidates or enters an alternative word . |