Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] assume that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Let me assume that you would like to enter for practice at the Bar and are prepared to brave all hazards .
2 Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy — if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption .
3 There are no natural boundaries between property price regions , so let us assume that one would use the standard regions — the south-east , the east midlands , the west midlands and so on .
4 Let us assume that we persuade the Government of the day to allow one day of prime Government time for that debate .
5 Let us assume that we have selected twenty cases who all have the same bugs growing in their throats .
6 Let us assume that we have been more careful and not leapt before we looked .
7 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 …
8 However , let us assume that we are interested in individuals .
9 Let us assume that we have fixed on a particular language .
10 To see how this works , let us assume that we have reached the penultimate node in the search space , as in Figure 8.1 below .
11 Let us assume that we already know the size of sample , the type of respondent ( child , housewife , air traveller , etc. ) , whether or not questions are to be asked on more than one occasion , whether there are likely to be seasonal fluctuations , whether the study is to be factual or attitudinal or both , and so on .
12 Let us assume that you are a woman of medium height , doing a job like housework , which requires a moderate amount of physical activity , and that you are about one stone overweight and just about to embark on trying to lose it .
13 Let us assume that you have reached the point in your synspilums ' development where you are setting up their permanent breeding quarters , probably using a 60″ × 18″ × 18″ tank or larger ; you might just about scrape by with a 48″ , but this is not really recommended .
14 Let us assume that you want to find a particular book and that you know the title and author .
15 However , let us assume that you have decided on a full-out why-dun-it .
16 According to your route , let us assume that you select a Flight Level of 50 .
17 Let us assume that you found some to be same and some to be different .
18 Let us assume that someone , speaking of George , utters : ( 10 ) he certainly did n't make the comments audible On the assumption that the adjective is here a predicate qualifier , George is innocent of responsibility for the comments which were audible , if indeed there have been any such remarks at all .
19 So , Let us assume that our aircraft speed is 90kts .
20 So , do I assume that you have a private income ? ’
21 ‘ And why do you assume that I wo n't be willing to assist you ? ’
22 It could involve a civil engineering student considering the social effects of a new construction — in other words , taking on a sociological perspective ; it could be a student of English trying to answer the question ‘ What is literature and why do we assume that it is a good thing ? ’ — and so embracing the thinking of moral philosophy ; it might be a student in the performing arts trying to understand how and why a particular tradition had evolved — so embarking on a historical study ; it could be a chemistry student being invited to consider the effects on the natural environment of industrial or agricultural chemicals — so adding a biological approach to the subject ; or it might be a social science student keen on human perspectives being encouraged to look at underlying statistical patterns .
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