Example sentences of "be [adj] to assume that " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is not possible to identify the proportional contributions of student and supervisor to the publication , in terms of information content , but in the case of mapping assignments , it would be logical to assume that the student performed most of the fieldwork , deriving theoretical insights in later discussion with the supervisor and others . |
| 32 | ‘ It might be reasonable to assume that Mr Goodhaven did n't set the trap himself , to persuade me of his innocence , ’ he said , writing ‘ Henry Goodhaven ’ on the list . |
| 33 | In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away . |
| 34 | Allowing for a certain amount of exaggeration , it would be reasonable to assume that most of the wealthy landowners and business men would have suffered in this ruthless purge . |
| 35 | It would be reasonable to assume that the considerable changes that took place in Britain were a result of these large-scale confiscations . |
| 36 | This is somewhat surprising , since it would be reasonable to assume that domain-specific dictionaries would contain the most appropriate collocations for domain-specific documents . |
| 37 | If it can be shown that most children recorded as unoccupied in the census also had economically inactive lone mothers then it would be reasonable to assume that the concerns about numerator-denominator bias expressed by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys may be exaggerated . |
| 38 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 39 | It would be reasonable to assume that such researchers had adopted new research interests , had changed occupations , or had moved to different localities . |
| 40 | Perhaps it would be reasonable to assume that 550 deaths are caused in England , Wales and Scotland every year by drunken driving . |
| 41 | It would , however , be incorrect to assume that syntactic aspects of language production could only be influenced by automatic accessing of particular lexical items . |
| 42 | It would be prudent to assume that the GRU , in collaboration with its clients , is effective at identifying needs and diverting what it purloins to the right places . |
| 43 | But it would be hazardous to assume that prominence and deviance are simply subjective and objective aspects of the same phenomenon . |
| 44 | If every company conducted the same business , were of the same size , even had the same plans for expansion — then perhaps it would be safe to assume that their asset financing requirements , too , would be the same . |
| 45 | A decade or three back , when most of us could visit most countries without a visa , there was little expectation that this would prove a high water mark and that restrictions would steadily increase , but we may not be able to assume that the freedom to dial direct to distant countries will continue to increase : Egypt has cut direct-dial telephone links with Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iraq , Sudan and Iran to make it harder for Moslem militant leaders in exile to communicate with groups at home and organise terrorist attacks , the Al-Akhbar newspaper reports ; it is still possible to call via an operator . |
| 46 | In order to assess how ‘ fair ’ the warranted Accounts are and to verify or compare profit/and/or net asset growth it is useful to be able to assume that previous accounts have been drawn up on a similar basis and that , for example , the Vendor has not unfairly weighted the profits for the warranted Accounts . |
| 47 | I ca n't imagine that George is gon na continuing doing that forever and it may well be that we 'll be faced with a possibility of , of what we do in the future to have that piece of administration done will we be able to assume that it could done voluntary in the future ? |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | Clearly there may be some negotiations where it would be unwise to assume that an obligation of confidence will arise . |
| 51 | Yet it would be anachronistic to assume that they had surrendered their rights in anticipation of Marxist theories about the superiority of the all-Russian market , or that they felt a particular brotherly love towards the Great Russian folk . |
| 52 | IT MIGHT be fair to assume that the people who made the posters for both Labour and the Conservatives would be experts on the way the campaign has been run . |
| 53 | Asked whether he had been asked to leave , Mr Dunn said : ‘ It would not be correct to assume that but I would rather not comment . |
| 54 | Unless you notify us or your Agent within the time mentioned in our offer or in any event within 7 days of the date of the offer , we will be entitled to assume that you have decided to choose a refund . |
| 55 | A third party should be entitled to assume that a person in an authoritative position within an organisation is competent to bind the organisation , and the organisation should not be able to plead violation of an internal rule unless ‘ that violation was manifest and concerned a rule of its internal law of fundamental importance . ’ |
| 56 | It would also be wise to assume that by now the Russians know all about this technology and can , when necessary , not only match it but confuse it . |
| 57 | It would be tempting to assume that we have evidence here of some direct relationship with the Thynne family , Marquesses of Bath , at nearby Longleat ; that may be the case , but an equally likely explanation could be that the family was involved in nothing more than a slightly sycophantic attempt to ingratiate itself in some way with the local aristocracy . |
| 58 | We might therefore expect these works to conform in some way to established taste , but it does not follow , as many of Wordsworth 's later disciples were prone to assume that anything in heroic couplets is necessarily bad ; in fact , many passages from these poems compare quite favourably with Wordsworth 's eighteenth-century predecessors . |
| 59 | Yet the central point is that it is absurd to assume that any woman is less competent to direct her life than any man she marries . |
| 60 | When there is a market for the intermediate product , it is usual to assume that each division can trade with that market if it wants to . |