Example sentences of "[pers pn] assume that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is compatible with the other version of modular organization , redundancy , but it is equally compatible with the system being interactive , if we assume that removal of any one component has effects that are not detected by the behavioural task . |
| 2 | We assume that prominence of various degrees and kinds provides the basis for a reader 's subjective recognition of a style . |
| 3 | If we assume that bleomycin cuts best in regions of alternating purine and pyrimidine by virtue of their structure , then this explains why GpT and GpC are cut better than GpA and GpG , and also explains why a 5'-pyrimidine increases the rate of cleavage at these sites . |
| 4 | Usually , we assume that dad will be the tallest , mum the next tallest and so on , but of course this may not be so and unless we know the family there may be little point in exploring the idea . |
| 5 | Probability of life arising on a planet ( in , say , a billion years ) , if we assume that life arises at a rate of about once per solar system . |
| 6 | We assume that politics takes shape here in its purest form since it is a central arena where struggles for power are staged . |
| 7 | But to begin with this assumption is to by-pass , rather than explain , the mystery of perception as it presents itself to us if we assume that perception occurs because the perceived object impinges directly or indirectly upon the nervous system . |
| 8 | If we define style in terms of stylistic variants , we assume that language specifies a repertoire or code or possibilities and that a writer 's style consists in preferences exercised within the limits of that code . |
| 9 | They assume that society has certain basic needs or functional prerequisites which must be met if it is to survive . |
| 10 | The mistake the reformists make is a common and fundamental one : they assume that language is — or should be — a faithful representation of reality , a ‘ mirror of nature ’ . |
| 11 | But they can not do this if their minds and emotions are already sealed tight against it — if they assume that religion is outdated and not worth studying . |