Example sentences of "[adv] assumed [conj] [det] [noun pl] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lampreys and hagfishes lack a differentiated stomach , and it is generally assumed that all agnathans were similarly microphagous with no need for a stomach . |
| 2 | The careful exegete , however , will also be troubled by the fact that the Bible hardly majors on this issue , that we do not know the context of Paul 's two references to the subject , and that a strong anti-homosexual line is only possible if one has already assumed that such statements are immediately transferable into our situation straight from the biblical period . |
| 3 | It is also assumed that these qualities are true of most old people . |
| 4 | In the basic Gaussian method just described , it has been tacitly assumed that all errors are equally likely . |
| 5 | It was tacitly assumed that such activities were for grown-ups only . |
| 6 | Even with interests , it ought not to be casually assumed that all interests are automatically legitimate , or that compromises can and should be made to accommodate them . |