Example sentences of "assume [that] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With children , the presupposition is that we take the responsibility until they show us that they want it ; with adults we assume that they take the responsibility unless they show us that they do n't . |
| 2 | All these are not merely parts of our descriptive model ; we assume that they correspond very directly to aspects of the activity which goes on in the mind of speakers ; by contrast the relation of instantiation which links particular items of the English vocabulary and the elements E and P is metalinguistic , since in any particular use of a linguistic structure the word-meanings which are present , supported of course by the word-forms which are the overt carriers of the meanings , are the Es and the Ps , rather than being related to them . |
| 3 | Assume that they believe that sufficient liquidity will be achieved if 10 per cent of their assets are held as balances with the Bank of England . |
| 4 | they came up to you if there 's two women together they assume that they have the right to talk to you , that you 're going to be interested in them , and if you tell them to get lost however politely , you can get a very , very unpleasant response because they assume that what they have to say is more important ! |
| 5 | There are probably about 50 stars within radio range if we assume that they have had radio technology for only as long as we have . |
| 6 | The Government 's figures — let us for the moment assume that they have an accuracy which the Government 's abysmal record on predicting poll tax bills certainly does not justify — show that average council tax bills this year in Langbaurgh would have been £470 and in Middlesbrough £447 — £170 and £153 respectively higher than the equivalent fair rates bills . |
| 7 | ‘ I assume that we thought that these dependants would wish to accompany their soldiers and that the soldiers would wish to have them with them . |
| 8 | Assume that we estimated the unrestricted version of equation ( 6.20 ) ; that is , where the 's are coefficients and are equation errors . |
| 9 | Assume that we have an additional relation which is also in TNF giving details about the students taking modules and the lecturers teaching on those modules . |
| 10 | Assume that you 've done all other pages of the C C Q and this is the last page to be addressed . |
| 11 | I assume that you 've left . |
| 12 | And this is really important — you should never , ever assume that you know better than they , what they want — and never let anyone else persuade you that they know better than you , what you want . |
| 13 | Then I assume that you withdraw your objection . |
| 14 | Of course , I assume that you have feelings similar to mine , and I also assume that animals which are reasonably like us have feelings that are like ours . |
| 15 | I assume that you have already made some sort of shortlist from the names supplied ? |
| 16 | Questions like this may be asked by people who assume that you have the same sort of lifestyle as they do , or who are clumsily trying to find out whether you do . |
| 17 | I assume that it reads . |
| 18 | Assume that it sells to people who bank elsewhere . |
| 19 | I assume that it contains among other things the letters I have sent to him . |
| 20 | I assume that it matters to your investigation ? ’ |
| 21 | People not familiar with Cheltenham often assume that it has been a large bustling town for a long time . |
| 22 | Assume that it has been trying to help you , in some misguided way . |
| 23 | It is all too easy to take and agree to a request for samples , ring up the appropriate department or dispatch centre and happily assume that it has gone . |
| 24 | ‘ And you assume that I do , ’ he stated angrily . |
| 25 | Some have called him a drunkard and assume that he saw puce poetry instead of pink elephants . |
| 26 | I give the hon. Gentleman the benefit of the doubt and assume that he did not hear what I said , not once but twice , perhaps because of the noise coming from his hon. Friend the Member for Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Mr. Foulkes ) , seated beside him , who referred to 236 admissions . |
| 27 | Once his appearance has been changed to identify him with the group ( it may be dyeing his hair shocking pink or wearing a big badge ) , then not only will other people assume that he has agreed to all the ideas and implications of the movement but he himself will be more likely to feel this to be true , even to throw all doubt to the four winds without further investigation . |
| 28 | I assume that he has the information in front of him . |
| 29 | As the Secretary of State was never coy about telling us that he opposed the directive , will he tell us — as there is a meeting on Wednesday , I assume that he has made up his mind about whether he will agree to that part of the social charter — whether he has changed his mind or whether the Prime Minister has changed it for him ? |
| 30 | Well let's for a moment assume that he has no such intention , that no such idea has ever crossed his mind . |