Example sentences of "assume [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I mean obviously you 're not gon na instantly assume that every that says he fancies you is just joking , no obviously you 're not gon na assume that and I understand how easy it would be to be mislead but then on the other hand it makes me think , you know , you know with people like Ch you know |
| 2 | Yet , at the same time , why do we assume that a technological civilization will have the slightest desire to quest among the stars ? |
| 3 | If the McKinsey-GE matrix is to be similarly interpreted as a guide to the movement of the group 's interests through time , one must assume that a substantial amount of investment must take place in the bottom left-hand corner of the grid in order to build future ‘ stars ’ . |
| 4 | However , we should not assume that a great deal has not been achieved quite spectacularly in the past few years . |
| 5 | When it comes to dampness , all is not always what it seems , so do n't automatically assume that a damp patch is due to a defective damp-proof course ( dpc ) . |
| 6 | let us assume that a full report , with virtually nothing excluded , is laid before the House . |
| 7 | We can not assume that a divergent phonological system , for example , is structurally similar to or derivative from RP , or that lexical items belong to the same phonemic sets , or that the tense/aspect system is structured in the same way as that of standard English . |
| 8 | I suggested a second or so ago that the ordinary reader , unsure of what to make of the shifting realities of Joyce 's writing , might defensively assume that no such hesitations would trouble the experienced reader , but that is far from being a homogeneous class . |
| 9 | For the purposes of our policy discussion in Chapter 7 , we shall assume that the long-run inflation-unemployment curve also has a negative slope , but is steeper than the short-run curve . |
| 10 | One can only assume that the Roman officials exceeded their authority and treated the royal family with disrespect . |
| 11 | In what follows , we shall assume that the aggregate demand for labour is inversely related to the real wage and directly related to the rate of national income . |
| 12 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 13 | I would assume that the mysterious Mr Andropulos has friends in the government . ’ |
| 14 | ( 3 ) The Auditors shall within fourteen days of a request by the Company certify to the Company the Prescribed Price , that is to say the price which in their opinion represents a fair value for the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice as between a willing vendor and a willing purchaser and , in making such determination , the Auditors shall not take any account of whether such Shares comprise a majority or minority interest in the Company ( and shall assume that the entire issued share capital of the Company is being sold ) . |
| 15 | ( 3 ) The Auditors shall within fourteen days of a request by the Company certify to the Company the Prescribed Price , that is to say the price which in their opinion represents a fair value for the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice as between a willing vendor and a willing purchaser and , in making such determination , the Auditors shall not take any account of whether such Shares comprise a majority or minority interest in the Company ( and shall assume that the entire issued share capital of the Company is being sold ) . |
| 16 | I can only assume that the right hon. Gentleman 's last question was a knee-jerk reaction . |
| 17 | First we shall assume that the current density is confined to a thin wire in which case the integration variable may be changed |
| 18 | For example , since all mammals have a cerebral cortex we must assume that the ancestral form also had one . |
| 19 | Let us call to mind the ‘ representative firm ’ , whose economies of production , internal and external , are dependent on the aggregate volume of production of the commodity that it makes ; and , postponing all further study of the nature of this dependence , let us assume that the normal supply price of any amount of that commodity may be taken to be its normal expenses of production ( including gross earnings of managements ) by that firm . |
| 20 | Only a very biased , brain's-eye view of the living world would assume that the bigger the brain the more successful the species . |
| 21 | We will assume that the correct phoneme label is in there somewhere ; 100% recognition is achieved in that sense . |
| 22 | We must assume that the young child 's acquisition of language comes about in the context of expanding experience , of expanding possible interpretations of forms like here and now in different contexts of situation , contexts which come to be recognised , and stored as types . |
| 23 | The system should assume that the top-rated candidates are correct unless the user chooses another of the existing candidates or enters an alternative word . |
| 24 | However , such systems tend to settle down after a time ; as long as the feedback process is not in full swing , we can often assume that the net effect has balanced out in one direction or the other . |
| 25 | Therefore the only rational strategy for either of us to play on the 100th round will be DEFECT , and we can each assume that the other player will work that out and be fully resolved to defect on the last round . |
| 26 | Secondly , you will best get there by squeezing all you can out of every position you hold and out of the experience of every man you serve or meet : pick their brains , study their successes and their failures ; never be afraid to ask questions or put new ideas , but do not get upset or angry if they are not accepted at first , and do not assume that the other man 's judgment is wrong . |
| 27 | We shall assume that the other variable overheads [ £l0,000 - £ 3,000 ] £7,000 are relevant . |
| 28 | We shall assume that the two kinds of particles have equal densities and move in opposite directions . |
| 29 | However , in the chapters that follow we will assume that the ultimate aim of a translator , in most cases , is to achieve a measure of equivalence at text level , rather than at word or phrase level . |
| 30 | For the adjoining pattern let us assume that the mean wind for the final approach is 250 °/22kts.; ased |