Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] assume [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only assume this is the reason they have failed to make any progress in hunting down our missing grandstand . |
| 2 | ‘ Ye-es I think you could certainly assume that . |
| 3 | They 've had different syllabuses at school and masters have in fact omitted large chunks of the syllabus to get better results in the parts that they concentrate on , so you can not assume that everybody has adequate abilities . |
| 4 | If so , we should not assume this was a Whig victory ; the policy of using the powers of the purse to restrict the Crown 's independence was pursued not only by radical Whigs , such as Colonel John Birch and William Sacheverell , but also by a significant number of Tories , led by Clarges and Seymour . |
| 5 | We can not assume that . |
| 6 | With the symmetry of the rest of the geometry we can only assume this to be from choice rather than from the limitations of the designers ' technology . |
| 7 | A diagnostic evaluation of her must therefore assume that , even judged against that contemporary background , she showed evidence of genuine psychopathology . |
| 8 | He could only assume that , being unaware of his true status as a DIA agent , the DEA and its oversight agency , the FBI , had seen him as a soft target , and framed the passport violation charge as a means of silencing an awkward witness without realizing who he was or the damage they were doing . |
| 9 | He need not assume all of the rights . |