Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pers pn] [be] assume [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first stages of the French Revolution seemed to be more obviously under reasonable management and it was assumed that the French would set up some sort of parliamentary government under the control of gentlemen . |
| 2 | This can be seen to be in accordance with the Yerkes-Dodson law if it is assumed that more difficult tasks are those which require greater attentional capacity ( c.f. Kahneman , 1973 ) . |
| 3 | If a Conservative MP X or Y , who has not been known to take ideological stands , approaches a minister or a whip and expresses grave doubts , this is viewed with considerable worry and it is assumed that these objections have been put forward by the MP only after the points have been put to him with equal or greater force in his constituency . |
| 4 | No record exists of his education and it is assumed that he was privately tutored . |
| 5 | Until very recently , married women were unable to draw the allowance for the care of invalid relatives because it was assumed that they would do that anyway as they were at home all the time , despite the fact that two-thirds of married women work . |
| 6 | Indeed , perceptual constancies are only a puzzle if it is assumed that the visual system acts like a camera . |
| 7 | But these resources are not sufficient for them to reach their migratory goal and it is assumed that they die before the journey is complete . |
| 8 | One of my own patients grew up in a loving family where it was assumed that he would eventually study law — just like his grandfather , his father and his uncle . |
| 9 | The Aristotelian view , as I have interpreted it , ‘ works ’ only to the extent that it is assumed that there is no problem about what I shall call ‘ the autonomy of desires ’ . |