Example sentences of "assumes [conj] the [noun] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this implicitly assumes that the investor may be able to reinvest the dividend for the same return at a lower risk than the firm ( or for a higher return for the same risk ) which , given the asymmetry of information , can not be the case unless the firm itself has an inferior investment policy , in which case the investor would be advised to withdraw his or her investment from the firm completely . |
| 2 | An individualistic explanation of some event or phenomenon assumes that the event can be readily understood and explained solely through reference to the behaviour of the individual(s) involved in it . |
| 3 | The allegation does not disclose how the problem was to be resolved and in any event assumes that the difficulty can be solved by an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants whereas the intervention and agreement of Mr. Brant would also have been necessary if any concrete step were to be taken . |
| 4 | It assumes that the question will be considered with a basic knowledge of the topic . |
| 5 | In sinking air even this would not be enough to allow for much choice and , of course , it assumes that the descent will be made over open countryside and not amongst hills or moorland . |
| 6 | The size of the weighting factor can be chosen to reflect the importance we attach to an objective , but the use of this linear form implicitly assumes that the weights should be independent of the solution and does not permit one to model , for example , the proposal that profits should be given higher priority relative to exports when profits are low than when they are high . |