Example sentences of "if we assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to begin with this assumption is to by-pass , rather than explain , the mystery of perception as it presents itself to us if we assume that perception occurs because the perceived object impinges directly or indirectly upon the nervous system . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If we assume that for various reasons promotion within six months is not possible , all or some of the interests might be met in alternative ways . |
| 4 | If we assume that ducks peek randomly , briefly and independently of each other then the probability of the flock detecting a randomly attacking cat is given by P = 1 — e where n is the flock size . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If we assume that we are not the proprietors but the trustees of this world and that we have a deed of covenant to honour , this at once introduces certain absolutes into economic life and certain limits on the exercise of freedom . |
| 7 | A further mystery is this : if we assume that the motive for building the monuments was a mixture of religion and astronomy , which way round did the process operate ? |
| 8 | Thus , even if we assume that a significant proportion are well supported either by relatives or by services purchased with their own money , it is highly probable that personal social services see only the tip of an iceberg of unmet needs . |
| 9 | In the same fashion , Kant maintained , the nature of our knowledge can not be understood if we assume that it is simply fed into us from outside ourselves , and that we are merely passive recipients of information from the world around us . |
| 10 | This is compatible with the other version of modular organization , redundancy , but it is equally compatible with the system being interactive , if we assume that removal of any one component has effects that are not detected by the behavioural task . |
| 11 | If we assume that the relative risk is well approximated by the odds ratio , the percentage of cases that could be attributable to this genotype was 8% in the whole population and 35% in the low-risk group . |
| 12 | If we assume that there is an additional broadscale SNR emission filling the 44'x32' shell and take the 45Jy of source KOM43 as the flux at 408MHz , we have . |
| 13 | Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true . |
| 14 | But if we assume that such an appeal can be successfully made on the economic front , this strategy needs to be knitted in with a range of other policies that appeal to altruism as well as self-interest . |
| 15 | If we assume that these vehicles have an operational life of five years , and that 10 per cent is an agreed discount rate , then this scheme should produce benefits in net present value terms of approximately £2.8 million . |
| 16 | For if we assume that there is much in prisons that will not bear being exposed ( and if not , why keep it secret ? ) then opening up the prison is likely to decrease the legitimacy of the system . |
| 17 | But even if we assume that it is sound at an abstract philosophical level , it would be extremely dubious to assert that this theory can justify our present practices of punishment or anything like them . |
| 18 | I have already indicated in Chapter 2 that , even if we assume that true observational statements are available to us in some way , it is never possible to arrive at universal laws and theories by logical deductions on that basis alone . |
| 19 | If we assume that our kind of beings will still be around a few millennia hence , I feel certain that the nineteenth century will mainly be remembered as the century when Maxwell formulated his equations . |
| 20 | If we assume that you are writing on the right-hand page of an examination book or on loose examination sheets , bound at the top left-hand corner , then the identifying number of the question should be large so that it is easily seen and should be at the top right-hand corner . |
| 21 | It will take us even further if we assume that the dependence of effects on causes is smooth . |
| 22 | If we assume that the marketing concept is upheld in a particular organization , then the key objectives of its marketing department could be as follows : |
| 23 | This pattern of latencies can be explained if we assume that when a subordinate clause appears before its main clause syntactic information about the subordinate clause needs to be retained until the main clause has been heard . |
| 24 | If we assume that accountants play a passive role in this , namely that they provide only what is expressly requested , then we build our accounting theory on that . |
| 25 | However , if we assume that accountants also have an educational role , we might add to our definitions , to include potential users and potential users ' needs . |
| 26 | Even if we assume that seasonal usage is constant but prices increase by 10 per cent p.a. , we produce a difference : |
| 27 | Probability of life arising on a planet ( in , say , a billion years ) , if we assume that life arises at a rate of about once per solar system . |
| 28 | There are probably about 50 stars within radio range if we assume that they have had radio technology for only as long as we have . |
| 29 | If we assume that this ratio is stable and repeat our earlier point that banks will normally be looking to expand their lending as a source of profit , then it follows fairly obviously that a change in the availability of base money to banks must be matched by a change in the size of the total balance sheet and that this latter change must be some multiple of the change in the size of the base . |
| 30 | If we assume that the input coefficients and mark-ups are unchanged , then the break-even condition in the retail sector becomes or . |