Example sentences of "we assume that the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the money supply equation we adopt a policy rule which Barro ( 1976 ) showed would lead to policy ineffectiveness ; that is , we assume that the quantity of money is linked only to the once-lagged value of :
2 As a first approximation , we assume that the cylinder deforms globally to become a squatter version of itself .
3 If we assume that the DNA bound bleomycin covers three base pairs two of which correspond to the cleavage site then the molecules must protrude by one base pairs in either direction .
4 As nobody else is mentioned we assume that the speaker ate the breakfast herself .
5 Or else we assume that the aeons during which the improbable state lasts , and the distance from here to Sirius , are minute if compared with the age and size of the whole universe .
6 We make the assumption ( equation 4 ) that the experimental exothermicity provides a measure of the contribution from base pair stacking and equate ΔH helix with ΔH s ( i.e. , we assume that the exothermicity of hydrogen bond formation in water is small , as supported by hydrogen bond inventories [ 32 ] , and by the relatively small favourable free energies of these bonds relative to exothermicities of base stacking ) , and that ΔG s is mainly enthalpic in origin ( i.e. , ΔG s ≃DH s ) .
7 If we assume that the customer has paid for the goods then the first entries would have been to increase the bank by £600 and include in the profit and 1088 account sales of £600 .
8 It is actually easier to do the calculation if instead of individual turns we assume that the current is continuously distributed on the surface of the cylinder , and work in terms of
9 Thus we assume that the forces of demand and supply have free play ; that there is no close combination among dealers on either side , but each acts for himself , and there is much free competition ; that is , buyers generally compete freely with buyers , and sellers compete freely with sellers .
10 First , we assume that the neonate 's input systems deliver up more-or-less true information about the external world , telling a six-week-old , say , that although the ‘ retinal ’ image of a square piece of cardboard changes to a trapezium when it or the baby moves sideways , the shape really remains square , and enabling it to discriminate between changes in angle and changes in orientation .
11 We assume that the writer has used the basic historical framework for her story — Wroe 's demand that his flock should provide his household with seven virgins ( female , although this was not specified ) for his ‘ comfort and succour ’ : and that not terribly long afterwards , he was put on trial by his church for alleged naughtiness with two of them .
12 ( c ) In ( a ) and ( b ) we assume that the index register is large enough to hold both fields ; for example , the DEC PDP- 10 uses the two halves of a 36-bit accumulator .
13 When we find that the experience of unemployment makes people more likely to contemplate breaking an unjust law , we assume that the reasons for this are general ; we suppose that the increased likelihood would operate for anyone who happened to undergo the experience of unemployment .
14 At present we assume that the computer does only one thing at a time .
15 ( d ) In ( a ) and ( b ) we assume that the modifier field is always incremented by one , but other arrangements are possible .
16 We assume that the matrix A is already in upper Hessenberg form .
17 For simplicity , we assume that the effects of different loci multiply , and we neglect linkage disequilibrium and genetic variation , to derive approximations to the survival probabilities , give the optimal life history in the absence of mutation .
18 If that child gets higher marks this year than last , then we assume that the examination was ‘ easier ’ , and we remove some of the questions that nearly all children found easy , before next year 's examination .
19 Rather , we assume that the characteristics of the political system are those typically found in Western democracies , and examine within the context of those assumptions ( e.g. , majority voting ) the behaviour of the electorate , the government , and the bureaucracy .
20 Moving on let's have a talk about the primary school budgets , we 're proposing a million pounds here for primary school delegated budgets er we assume that the schools have used that largely by non-contact time for the teachers .
21 Janet Kear writes — in Wildfowl World , No 84 — ‘ We assume that the peregrine is ‘ programmed ’ not to hunt near its nest ( if it did it might feed on its own young ) and that this immunity extends to the goose and its goslings . ’
22 This ability is accounted for most simply if we assume that the recruits have mental maps of the surroundings on which they somehow ‘ place ’ the spots indicated by the dances .
23 However , the effect was not dissimilar to a wash trade , if we assume that the option writer was not acting for bona fide commercial motives , but solely to support the share price .
24 We assume that the node is in the second form , so its threshold is 0 .
25 It will take us even further if we assume that the dependence of effects on causes is smooth .
26 For simplicity , we assume that the eigenvalues sought are all different .
27 Second , we assume that the study of strategic vision must take into consideration strategic content as well as the strategic contexts of product , market , issue , process , and organization .
28 To take a simple example : if we assume that the force of gravity permeates the whole material universe and that it is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between any two atoms anywhere , then two interesting propositions arise .
29 We assume that the store is randomly accessible ; that is , the time taken to access a store location in order to store or retrieve information is constant and ( in particular ) is independent of the particular location being accessed and of the location previously accessed .
30 If we assume that the number of professional programmers , these are people who are competent to use and develop software , is roughly proportional to the number of commercial computers in operation , this means that if the trend continues , in ten years time , there will be a need for roughly a hundred times as many computer programmers than we 've got as present .
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