Example sentences of "[pers pn] be assumed that he [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 | When he had not returned by lam , it was assumed that he was the wanted man . |
4 | He was thirty-five to forty and it was assumed that he was an army intelligence officer . |
5 | ( 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 . ) |