Example sentences of "assumed [conj] the [noun sg] 's " in BNC.

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1 Maximising the value of the firm , however , does not entail any kind of trade-off between short- and long-term profits , since it is assumed that the firm 's present value will reflect the future proceeds of current investment .
2 It may be assumed that the manufacturer 's motive is his own advantage .
3 Instead , he allows it to be assumed that the council 's plans for the coronation of Edward V were in line with the king 's sagax dispositio as embodied in the codicils to his will .
4 Instead , he allows it to be assumed that the council 's plans for the coronation of Edward V were in line with the king 's sagax dispositio as embodied in the codicils to his will .
5 2.41 He went on to say that it should not be assumed that the wife 's dependency ought to be calculated on the footing that it would have ceased when her husband ceased earning before he reached 65 .
6 Here it is assumed that the child 's right to education is a correlative of the parent 's duty to send the child to school .
7 If it is assumed that the Earth 's magnetic field was of this form in the past , then it is possible to estimate the position of the magnetic pole for rocks of known ages ( dated by radiometric methods ) by measuring their palaeomagnetism .
8 … For the purpose of these proceedings it is to be assumed that the plaintiff 's injuries as subsisting at the time of her birth were caused by the act or omission of the defendant in the driving of his car .
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