Example sentences of "it be [adv] assumed that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were also admired for their military prowess , it being widely assumed that before the arrival of the British the Masai had been paramount among the tribes of East Africa ; they were ‘ aristocrats and formerly conquered east central Africa ’ . |
| 2 | It is normally assumed that because each eye projects to both hemispheres any imbalance between the two eyes is adequately controlled . |
| 3 | It is hypothetically assumed that if a woman marries but remains childless , she would work continuously in a full-time job until switching to part-time employment , set somewhat arbitrarily at age 54 , the age when the majority of her employed contemporaries are in part-time jobs . |
| 4 | It is usually assumed that although the ever-increasing indebtedness of the USA can not continue indefinitely , the elimination of the imbalance should not be brought about by sudden and severe adjustment . |
| 5 | It is often assumed that because of the vulnerable status of many refugees , such a mass influx places an immense burden on the receiving area 's economy . |
| 6 | It is then assumed that if the child demonstrates a knowledge of the rules for producing or comprehending language in one setting , that knowledge will be transported with the child to any other setting and will be available for deployment in communicative interaction . |
| 7 | It was also assumed that if people had more of their gross income to spend as they chose then they would purchase goods and services that they wanted rather than the state spending money on goods and services for which there may be little or no demand . |