Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] to assume that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I can see that I was wrong to assume that mere dedication to a craft ineluctably results in fine work , but it was that conviction which drove me to put Jean-Claude and his work on the map . |
| 2 | Furthermore , you are entitled to assume that any flat roof will need replacing before long , even if it is only on a garage , porch or dormer window . |
| 3 | If we believe that humans have evolved , we are liable to assume that our subjective experiences are shared by other animals . |
| 4 | I ca n't imagine that George is gon na continuing doing that forever and it may well be that we 'll be faced with a possibility of , of what we do in the future to have that piece of administration done will we be able to assume that it could done voluntary in the future ? |
| 5 | The judges ' function is also to do justice in accordance with certain settled principles of law in a free society ; and they are entitled to assume that Parliament does not intend to subvert these principles , unless there is a clear statement that it does . |
| 6 | Users often report experiencing the sort of twisted non-Euclidian dimensions associated with the Old Ones , so it 's reasonable to assume that this is how Mait made contact with them , or with whatever race memory remains of them , which amounts to the same thing . ’ |
| 7 | He showed particular interest in that subsidence , it 's reasonable to assume that his object was to return to it at a time when there would be no one around to interfere with him . |
| 8 | Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time . |
| 9 | It 's dangerous to assume that he 's necessarily working in his own territory . |
| 10 | The smell of a dead coral is not easily forgotten — if your leather coral 's odour makes you fee nauseous it 's safe to assume that it has departed this life , and to throw it out . |
| 11 | The Windows for Workgroups beta included software to permit a DOS machine to hook up to a Windows for Workgroups network , although only as a client , so it 's safe to assume that the same Workgroup Connection software will find its way into version 6 . |
| 12 | It 's wrong to assume that just because a cream says it contains plant extracts it 's better for your skin . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's naive to assume that every housewife can afford to go organic overnight , ’ adds Jean Boht . |
| 14 | You ca n't go back and it 's natural to assume that your relationship has changed invariably for the worse . |
| 15 | Mossad is different , but it 's fair to assume that if it has n't been able to put someone into Iraq to kill Saddam , then it 's next to impossible to do so . |
| 16 | In fact , it is unsafe to assume that the intensity of direct competition between males should necessarily be reduced in monogamous species . |
| 17 | It is unhistorical to assume that children in the last century responded to death in the same way as children today ; children 's attitudes are largely conditioned by those of adults , and in our day the usual adult attitude is to evade the subject of death , to treat it as ‘ morbid ’ and , so far as possible , to exclude it from the home . |
| 18 | As the penalty for making a mistake could be quite high , it is prudent to assume that more forms part of the character than does not . |
| 19 | It is necessary to assume that , once a logogen has reached threshold , its activation level must decay away rapidly . |
| 20 | Of course , it is necessary to assume that the questions , however they are phrased , are understood in the same way by all respondents whatever differences they may have in other respects , such as level of education or gender . |
| 21 | When there is a market for the intermediate product , it is usual to assume that each division can trade with that market if it wants to . |
| 22 | It is usual to assume that the pupils will be able to use close-range materials on the desk or table in front of them , and then look up to the blackboard , perhaps to copy notes or diagrams displayed there , then quickly refocus on to their desk work . |
| 23 | To simplify the dynamics of the model , it is usual to assume that the market situation in each period is the same : the same population of firms faces the same market demand with the same cost conditions in each period . |
| 24 | Yet the central point is that it is absurd to assume that any woman is less competent to direct her life than any man she marries . |
| 25 | Given that the re-editing of the film reduced the number of title cards from 300 to 80 , it is reasonable to assume that Woolf 's intervention considerably improved the film , and that Woolf 's commercial experience provided a valuable lesson both for Hitchcock and Balcon . |
| 26 | But it is reasonable to assume that Eastern Europe is still considerably better off than Brazil , which in early 1990 was reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt and facing the prospect of 2200 per cent inflation during the year . |
| 27 | It is reasonable to assume that an alarming number of dolphin deaths must be occurring around the coasts of the continent which are as yet unreported . |
| 28 | It is reasonable to assume that the carer 's preference provides some part of the causal explanation ; but it is also likely that the carers ’ preferences were influenced by the severity of the sufferer 's condition , and by whether long-term institutional care was expected , already planned , or already known to be unlikely . |
| 29 | Consequently , since the substitutes too are expected to play a role in the manumission ( owing to the general clause ) , it is reasonable to assume that the testator did not intend it to apply to their case too . |
| 30 | As the objectives for online orientation are so similar for both end-users and intermediaries , it is reasonable to assume that orientation programmes can be produced which can be useful in the teaching of both groups . |