Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be assumed [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers are seen to display personal qualities of which the observer disapproves ; so it is assumed they lack more desirable ones . |
| 2 | Stewart Raynsford and Peter Kemp were found slumped in their unlocked cell just hours after arriving at the jail and it was assumed they had been attacked by fellow inmates . |
| 3 | Certainly it was the view adopted , for example , when we had a 6 month interregnum in Dublin , and it was assumed it was my responsibility to hold the fort . |
| 4 | ‘ But it was assumed you 'd do it , ’ said Pumfrey , cutting into his whinge , or his tactical ramblings , whichever they were . |
| 5 | The book , by Andrew Morton , created a stir because it was assumed it was written with her implicit approval . |