Example sentences of "be assume [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If the retailers catalogue or other literature does not specifically state that a mains transformer is suitable for this parallel operation , it should be assumed that it is unsuitable for use in this manner . |
| 3 | It is sensible to treat all raw meat and poultry with extreme care as it must be assumed that it is likely to be contaminated by food poisoning germs . |
| 4 | Although the artefact may stand for a particular form of production , it can not be assumed that it will do so , or that the divisions which appear as significant from one perspective upon modern society will necessarily emerge as the major dimensions of differentiation in the object world . |
| 5 | ‘ While I respectfully agree that recommendations of a committee may not help much when there is a possibility that Parliament may have decided to do something different , where there is no such possibility , as where the draft Bill has been enacted without alteration , in my opinion it can safely be assumed that it was Parliament 's intention to do what the committee recommended and to achieve the object the committee had in mind . |
| 6 | If the same word is used in more than one place in a document , it will be assumed that it means the same thing each time it appears . |
| 7 | It may be that we are becoming a more ‘ criminal ’ nation as the increase in crime rates would suggest , but this can not just be assumed and it is important to be aware of other possible reasons for such an increase . |
| 8 | I 'm assuming that it was suicide following … ’ |
| 9 | We had been assuming that it was the absence of the teacher which created the unique benefits of collaborative learning . |
| 10 | In much of the discussion it has been assumed that it is a parent who seeks the information . |
| 11 | Where the board can effectively determine its own composition it has generally been assumed that it becomes immune from direct shareholder influence and hence that control has shifted from the owners to managers . |
| 12 | Bins should be sited as conveniently as possible to the main source of material , it being assumed that it will be carried by wheelbarrow . |
| 13 | This mental health orientation leads to a more pessimistic outlook on patient needs — they not only require treatment , but it is assumed that it must be compulsory — and there is a tendency towards a ‘ presumption of risk ’ — that the presence of mental illness makes the situation inherently risky . |
| 14 | It is assumed that it will find on the market , readily available , the correct quantity and quality of means of production and labour-power necessary for it to restart its production cycle . |
| 15 | It is assumed that it is ‘ natural ’ ( ie healthy ) to love and protect children . |
| 16 | It is assumed that it is only the field man who ‘ really knows ’ what is happening ‘ out there ’ . |
| 17 | The danger of adopting a systems approach uncritically is that it is assumed that it is sufficient to identify system structures and to portray the multitudinous variables involved in a particular system which then reinforces the first law of ecology as graphically described by Commoner ( 1972 ) that everything is connected to everything else . |
| 18 | He was assuming that it was a hiccup , only . |
| 19 | The conclusion of the Griffin mission was , first , that US aid would help France and Vietnam to checkmate Chinese communist invasion , if it came ; and second , it was assumed that it would somehow ‘ sterilise areas of Vietminh infection ’ . |
| 20 | Trade unions fell into the second of these groups , but , because of their large and fluctuating membership and because of certain provisions in the Trade Union Act 1871 , it was assumed that it was impracticable to bring actions against them so as to make their funds liable . |