Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be assumed that [art] " in BNC.

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1 In a poll of Anglican Clergy undertaken in 1864 only 40% expressed the view that the damned would suffer everlasting torment ; it may be assumed that a poll of laity would have disclosed a substantially lower percentage.ii .
2 A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for .
3 On the vertical axis is plotted the recorded rate of increase of money wage rates , and it may be assumed that the rate of inflation can be closely associated with these rates of wage change because wages are usually the largest component of costs .
4 It may be assumed that the impulse of cruelty arises from the instinct for mastery and appears a period of sexual life at which the genitals have not yet taken over their later role .
5 It may be assumed that the manufacturer 's motive is his own advantage .
6 So it should be assumed that a similar number of those who changed in the ‘ right ’ direction were similarly ill-informed about their new choice , and just happened to end up in the ‘ right ’ group by chance .
7 In evaluating the commercial possibilities of options , it should be assumed that the parties will act in accordance with their economic interests , but account should not be taken of courses of action which the parties would take only in the event of a severe deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer .
8 Where crops are grown , therefore , it must be assumed that the aim is for as high a yield as possible .
9 In calculating the amount of Housing Benefit , regulations stipulate that it must be assumed that the student is in receipt of the full grant .
10 In view of the level at which responsibility for parents and the community was allocated , the pace at which action was taken , the apparently arbitrary way in which membership of the working party was decided and the omission from its membership of key figures in the area of home-school links , it must be assumed that the formulation of an LEA policy in this area was a matter to which the Authority attached a rather low priority during this period .
11 In the absence of any legislative indication one way or the other , it must be assumed that the offence may be committed in public and in private .
12 It must be assumed that the title was properly investigated at the time of the purchase by the husband and wife .
13 For example , if x=4 , and there were 20 labelled cells in a population of 1000 cells , it could be assumed that the cell population represented 20/4 , or five hemicrypts .
14 In the innermost pit , if the work of the scientists in the H area had been successful , it would be assumed that a nuclear explosion would generate a heat in the core of tritium/deuterium of one hundred million degrees Centigrade .
15 It will be assumed that the trader is long in the far contract and short in the near contract ( a bull spread ) .
16 In the absence of any stated preference it will be assumed that the candidates will be willing to be considered for either appointment .
17 It can be assumed that the proposals were drawn up by David Garrick .
18 It can be assumed that the degree of power and authority of each role holder increases towards the apex of the hierarchy .
19 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 .
20 However , it can be assumed that the political difficulties experienced within China over recent years continue to act as a barrier to any possible growth .
21 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 .
22 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 .
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