Example sentences of "assume that [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or to express it in more popular terms : let us assume that we had a complete proportionality in every branch of production , in the sense of their unilateral connection in one direction : from means of production to means of consumption … |
| 2 | Hubble noted that certain types of stars always have the same luminosity when they are near enough for us to measure ; therefore , he argued , if we found such stars in another galaxy , we could assume that they had the same luminosity — and so calculate the distance to that galaxy . |
| 3 | Sampson would simply assume that he had n't put the chain on at the end of his last stay . |
| 4 | One could hardly assume that he had not gone to church out of piety and because it was Ash Wednesday , Ianthe thought , but it was rather puzzling and disturbing to think that she could n't even attend to her devotions in peace . |
| 5 | He would assume that I had been detained scrubbing the floors of the kitchens at Grindlewood Park . |