Example sentences of "[be] assumed to be [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Other than in such cases of clear juxtaposition , dots can be assumed to be purposeful when there is graphic consistency , and especially when such consistency is combined with gentle expression .
32 In all cases the movements are assumed to be continuous .
33 In such models the policy ineffectiveness proposition no longer holds , even though expectations are assumed to be rational .
34 If economic agents are assumed to be rational optimizers when forming expectations , why should they not also be rational optimizers when drawing up contracts ?
35 Alternatively , the outcomes are assumed to be indicative of the quality of the educational process .
36 The Namurian , Millstone Grit sediments have not been penetrated in any well in the area but are assumed to be present on the basis of the stratigraphic relationships deduced from seismic data .
37 All players are assumed to be steroid-free , suspension free and eligible .
38 ( d ) Overflow can not occur on multiplication if the values are assumed to be integral , but multiplication of two operands both of which are the maximum negative number causes overflow under the fractional convention .
39 Stylistic categories are more complex phenomena which are often difficult to define , but which are assumed to be describable in terms of linguistic categories , although they are not a necessary part of the description of a language .
40 Consider a closed economy in which investment ( I ) and government spending ( C ) are assumed to be autonomous and taxes ( T ) are all lump-sum .
41 If colonic polyps are assumed to be asymptomatic the sensitivity of colonic symptoms predicting non-polypoid lesions rose to 69% ( 95% confidence interval 44–94% ) .
42 From the individual 's point of view , bonds and equities are assumed to be perfect substitutes .
43 In this case , the position is equivalent to that of compulsory purchase , and the permissions in the Eighth Schedule are assumed to be available when assessing the compensation .
44 The riskiness of the investment : investors are assumed to be risk-averse and therefore the required rate of return they require will increase with the perceived riskiness of an investment .
45 That is , descriptions of perception and action are assumed to be unproblematic which in fact are deeply puzzling .
46 The advantages of unity over diversity , or collectivism over individualism , are assumed to be self-evident and the obvious totalitarian overtones are ignored .
47 Most of the insiders ' skills are assumed to be firm specific , acquired over the years and difficult to replicate in the short to medium run .
48 In analysing this , we retain in this section the simplifying assumptions about production ( there are assumed to be constant returns to scale and no intermediate goods ) .
49 The marginal costs of providing this particular public good are assumed to be constant .
50 But my purpose in dwelling on this theory is to demonstrate how ideas are spread by the action of persuasion on uncritical acquiescence and get converted into solutions , which are assumed to be valid everywhere , like American Express traveller 's cheques .
51 In these models , only union members are assumed to be eligible for employment in the union sector ( for interesting surveys see Oswald , 1985 ; Pencavel , 1985 ; Farber , 1986 ; Ulph and Ulph , 1990 ) .
52 Second , even if straightforward authoritarianism and minimisation of wages are assumed to be universal features of capitalist rationality , it is difficult to claim that this ‘ rationality ’ is uniformly imposed in practice as a function of the ‘ undisputed authority of the capitalist ’ ( Marx ) .
53 Certain principles and values are assumed to be unchallengeable and therefore to be nurtured .
54 With this in mind the genetics-supply industry has approached the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) negotiations at which all biological processes and products are assumed to be patentable .
55 The important difference between Keynesian and neo-classical economics is that in the extreme Keynesian model , wages and prices are assumed to be inflexible ( at least in the downward direction ) whereas in the extreme neo-classical model , wages and prices are assumed to be completely flexible .
56 We submit that even scores such as the Glasgow coma scale and the Apgar score , which are assumed to be independent of medical management , may , in fact , be susceptible to a similar effect to that demonstrated with APACHE scoring .
57 It was , however , the advice of the law officers of the day , and it has been assumed to be correct ( inter alia by Parliament in the Royal Titles Act 1953 ) , that upon failure of male heirs , primogeniture should apply as well to females .
58 These strains are prone to wasting away , which has been assumed to be due to constitutional weakness .
59 They have generally been assumed to be massless , particularly as measurements of the electron-neutrino mass showed it to be less than a few ten thousandths that of the electron .
60 In his young days unmarried men had been assumed to be wicked dogs , gay bachelors .
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