Example sentences of "would be [adj] to assume that " in BNC.
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| 31 | It would be wrong to assume that only those who were privileged with the franchise were concerned with the outcome of electoral contests , since those without the right to vote were often able to make their feelings known through demonstrations or riots , which became increasingly common features of electoral contests at this time . |
| 32 | Likewise it would be wrong to assume that economic difficulties worked to push the gentry increasingly into the Tory camp . |
| 33 | It would be wrong to assume that trade unions have had no effect on these matters . |
| 34 | The elaboration and detail of the scheme and the variety of techniques available under it to protect investors suggests that it would be wrong to assume that the statute and its rulemaking powers should be interpreted as being in the shadow of the common law . |
| 35 | The collection at Woodstock has goodness knows how many silk wedding dresses , but it would be wrong to assume that every Victorian woman went round dressed in a white silk wedding dress , because they did n't . |
| 36 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
| 37 | It would be unwise to assume that because sport became an arena where colour lost its significance — if , indeed , it did entirely — the rest of society followed suit . |
| 38 | But it would be unwise to assume that the advancing industrialization of the Soviet Union was increasingly leading to a form of politics in which organized groups took a more significant part . |
| 39 | Clearly there may be some negotiations where it would be unwise to assume that an obligation of confidence will arise . |
| 40 | But it would be hazardous to assume that prominence and deviance are simply subjective and objective aspects of the same phenomenon . |