Example sentences of "it [was/were] assumed that [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was assumed that they would meet the need . |
| 2 | Until very recently , married women were unable to draw the allowance for the care of invalid relatives because it was assumed that they would do that anyway as they were at home all the time , despite the fact that two-thirds of married women work . |
| 3 | Since the carriers risked their ships , it was assumed that they would select and supervise their crews with enough care to prevent the damages that could result from improper management and navigation of the ship . |
| 4 | If there were general laws governing the history of life , it was assumed that they would be revealed by the fossil record . |
| 5 | It was assumed that she would do so on the arm of one of her sons , but they followed behind in a somewhat passive procession . |
| 6 | One of my own patients grew up in a loving family where it was assumed that he would eventually study law — just like his grandfather , his father and his uncle . |
| 7 | Max was said to be in the grip of some form of neurosis , but it was assumed that he would grow out of it . |
| 8 | Newspapers printed a photograph of a letter to a flood-control committee bearing Mr Li 's signature , so it was assumed that he could still put pen to paper . |
| 9 | The conclusion of the Griffin mission was , first , that US aid would help France and Vietnam to checkmate Chinese communist invasion , if it came ; and second , it was assumed that it would somehow ‘ sterilise areas of Vietminh infection ’ . |