Example sentences of "can [be] assume that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The licence may be for a fixed , perhaps renewable , period of time or there may be no mention of duration , in which case it can be assumed that the licence will last as long as the software is subject to copyright protection . |
| 2 | It can be assumed that the degree of power and authority of each role holder increases towards the apex of the hierarchy . |
| 3 | Alternatively if the student was in rented accommodation on a 12 month lease it can be assumed that the student is not temporarily away from home . |
| 4 | The random selection of cases is an approximation to experimental randomisation if it can be assumed that the population from which the sample is drawn is homogeneous : a reasonable assumption when dealing with a population of seeds , plants , germs , etc . |
| 5 | However , this example serves to emphasize how misleading it can be to assume that the breeding sex ratio necessarily reflects the extent to which male reproductive success varies for , even among closely related species , it is likely to be the case that males have substantially longer breeding lifespans in monogamous species than in polygynous ones ( see Wiley , 1974 ; Clutton-Brock et al . , |