Example sentences of "[pers pn] can assume that " in BNC.

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31 We can assume that the processing resources available for language production are limited , and attempts to hold items for future as well as current constituents would result in an unnecessary drain on processing resources .
32 The integration over involves only and on the assumption of overall fibre symmetry ( a case common in polymers in the fibrous form ; but not , of course , necessarily so in the sheet or bulk forms ) we can assume that is a function of only and integrate over — and also over .
33 If n is sufficiently large that 1 is a small increment , we can assume that the marginal firm is exactly breaking even : where is determined from the demand curve
34 ‘ Then perhaps we can assume that she does n't exist , ’ said Penelope .
35 We can assume that each Overseas Group has about four visitors per year .
36 SOLUTION The first step in any such calculation is to write the equation for the reaction : Since excess chloride ions are used , we can assume that all the Age ions are converted to AgCl .
37 This is an approximate calculation so we can assume that the density and specific heat capacity of the reaction mixture are the same as that for water .
38 Furthermore , we can assume that this mechanical effect is similar for all preparations tested and does not greatly influence the results of the mucosal concentrations .
39 Nevertheless , we can assume that when speakers of two different varieties of a language come into contact , some sort of grammatical accommodation takes place .
40 We can assume that most of the migrants were not in fact speakers of the basilect alone , but commanded a range of styles somewhere in the middle of the continuum .
41 Although people do not always do what they say they do , where there is a mismatch between what they do and say , we can assume that there is some reason for this .
42 We can assume that Jacques not only played the oboe but was also likely to have been a woodwind maker , as was his brother , Jean , who is noted in the Livre commode ( 1692 ) as being among the most highly regarded master makers of woodwinds .
43 In finding such probabilities , some account should be taken of deaths in the cohort during the year in question ; we can assume that a person dying lives , on average , six months of the year so that the population at risk of marriage at the start of the year should be reduced by half the deaths .
44 We know that he himself referred to the daunting shadow of Beethoven 's greatness — and we can assume that public expectation was just as daunting , given that he was regarded as Beethoven 's heir .
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