Example sentences of "[pers pn] be assumed that [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is assumed that he was arrested on suspicion of being an American spy . |
| 2 | No record exists of his education and it is assumed that he was privately tutored . |
| 3 | It is assumed that there were no stock differences either at head office or at the branch for Year 41 . |
| 4 | It was assumed that what was being measured was a property of the personality . |
| 5 | The actual facts ' of who was arrested during the riots , whether black or white , were hardly debated since it was assumed that they were mostly black and mostly unemployed and involved with crime ( Keith , 1987 ) . |
| 6 | certainly it was assumed that there was some kind of organized network |
| 7 | When he had not returned by lam , it was assumed that he was the wanted man . |
| 8 | He was thirty-five to forty and it was assumed that he was an army intelligence officer . |
| 9 | ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . ) |
| 10 | 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 . |