Example sentences of "assume that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Once again , pragmatism can be defended as providing a good fit with what judges actually do and say in hard cases only if we assume that a pragmatist would have noble-lie reasons for constructing and deferring to the best account of the principle underlying past cases in these situations . |
| 2 | Assume that a unit buys a minibus for 10,000 that lasts for four years and at the end of Year 4 is worthless . |
| 3 | Assume that a test marketing exercise can be carried out , at a cost of £10k , to establish whether the higher or lower market share is the more likely . |
| 4 | Assume that a test marketing exercise can be carried out , at a cost of £10k , to establish whether the higher or lower market share is the more likely . |
| 5 | If we assume that a LECTURER can only teach one COURSE , and many LECTURERS teach on one COURSE , then the ‘ closed loop ’ shown in Figure 4.21 represents such a set . |
| 6 | Assume that a rise in interest rates causes a fall in investment and vice versa . |
| 7 | As an example , assume that a credit rated business currently borrowing , say , up to £100m in the short-term variable rate markets decides simultaneously to lengthen the maturity and fix its interest rate exposure . |
| 8 | This is because our ‘ taxi schema ’ contains a ‘ taxi driver ’ , and we assume that a taxi that arrives at our house has a driver . |
| 9 | Assume that a loop lying in the x , y plane ( dimensions shown in Fig. 4.14 ) moves with a uniform velocity v in the direction of the positive y axis . |
| 10 | Despite the somewhat aggressive stance suggested by the quotation from Neisser , I assume that a mixture of experimental and naturalistic research is necessary to understand real world problems . |
| 11 | For example , assume that a child is a rehabilitated person within the meaning of the Act : in other words , he has been subject to a supervision requirement and that requirement has been terminated or a year has elapsed since the date of the hearing that imposed the supervision requirement , whichever is the longer , and he has committed no further offences during the rehabilitation period ; or he has appeared before a children 's hearing which has decided not to impose a supervision requirement on him and six months has elapsed during which time he has committed no further offences . |
| 12 | The calculations assume that a total of respondents from five hypermarkets is deemed to be adequate , that is 380 . |
| 13 | Assume that a bank has the following simplified balance sheet . |
| 14 | Let us take a loop immersed in a magnetic field as shown in Fig. 4.13(a) and assume that a section of the loop moves a distance dl coming to a position shown in Fig. 4.13(b) after a time dt . |
| 15 | People naturally assume that a contractor employed by the Housing Executive is the firm to get , but then find that the contractor is not warranted . |
| 16 | Some accounts ( e.g. Honig 1981 ) assume that a reinforcer expectancy is more likely to persist in memory than is a representation of the sample stimulus itself . |
| 17 | Okay ? assume that a prosecution statements will be admissible in themselves and always assume that witnesses will give more evidence . |
| 18 | Her paper argues for the importance of standpoint to be taken into account in discussion of fundamentals such as epistemology and ontology , but also suggests that feminist political theories which assume that a conception of the subject is already available need to be complemented by more radical feminist theories ( such as those of Daly or Irigaray ) which criticise and take apart the metaphysical implications inherent in philosophical conceptions of the subject . |
| 19 | Even if her scheme permits her to make additional pension contributions to make up for missing years of service , such payments will cost her more than would be the case for a man of the same age and salary status , since the arrangements assume that a woman will live longer and therefore claim benefits for longer than a man . |
| 20 | As an example of one technique , assume that a project leader is told that his current project , if successful , will earn the company £1000 profit , if a failure , nothing . |
| 21 | As an example of one technique , assume that a project leader is told that his current project , if successful , will earn the company £1000 profit , if a failure , nothing . |
| 22 | For instance , many people assume that a student engaged in the study of engineering at university will be able to make things and mend them . |
| 23 | Assume that a duty of care is owed by A to C as a rescue was reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances . |