Example sentences of "assume [that] [art] single [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It assumes that a single factor can be found that correlates closely with demand . |
| 2 | Courses vary a great deal in both their length and the number of people who attend them , and it would clearly be unjustified to assume that a single course on one topic was outweighed by , say , five courses on another if the single course involved fifty teachers in a full day 's attendance each week for a term , while each of the five other courses lasted only a couple of hours and catered for half a dozen teachers . |
| 3 | As a basis for this calculation it is perhaps appropriate to assume that a single sprinkler system should be capable of dealing with three fires simultaneously involving the operation of all sprinkler heads in any vertically-related sections in which they might occur . |
| 4 | The trouble with all of these theories of Broca 's aphasia , and others like them , is that they assume that a single deficit is involved , i.e. that the syndrome is a ‘ theoretical syndrome ’ ; and it is becoming increasingly clear that this is not so . |
| 5 | There are , however , some men who assume that a single mother must be looking for a husband . |