Example sentences of "[adj] assume that [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be wrong to assume that Elizabeth 's reign was one of perfect happiness and freedom , or that the contrast between her real physical state and her royal image was not sometimes ridiculous . |
| 2 | " Clearly it would be rash to assume that Shakespeare knew of this earlier version . " |
| 3 | It seems natural to assume that Mecdi means that Fahreddin Acemi died in 870 , and some relatively early evidence for this date is found in two of the manuscripts of the Anonymous Chronicle ( Uruc ) . |
| 4 | They all assumed that Louis 's stroke was the result of his grief . |
| 5 | This all assumes that Golding 's idea of original sin is true and is therefore it is from his perspective , but I do agree with the point he makes and therefore feel that in real life the girls would degenerate into some kind of ‘ sin ’ . |
| 6 | Since it was undisputedly colonized by the Vikings , it is reasonable to assume that Baldersdale experienced a long and vivid history . |
| 7 | At one point it would have been reasonable to assume that Durham SC were staging a convention for knee and ankle supports as nearly 80 combatants rolled up for battle . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | David Hartley ( 1705–57 ) was a disciple of Locke , and it is reasonable to assume that Wordsworth , like Coleridge , had read his work while studying at Cambridge , or just afterwards . |
| 10 | ‘ It might be reasonable to assume that Mr Goodhaven did n't set the trap himself , to persuade me of his innocence , ’ he said , writing ‘ Henry Goodhaven ’ on the list . |
| 11 | Although no reference to them exists among surviving documents , it is certainly reasonable to assume that James sired children . |
| 12 | In that case , it was logical to assume that Guy Sterne had decided at the last minute to avail himself of his unexpectedly empty villa for an impromptu break in the sun . |
| 13 | It seems safe to assume that Jefferies , like Waterton , Buckland , Wallace , and Charles Kingsley , would have been on his father 's shelf . |
| 14 | When he announces his side tonight following training , it is safe to assume that McGrath will include perhaps as many as thirteen of the players who won the All That 's the kind of experience they will take into the match — and perhaps may yet parade in the Ulster final . |
| 15 | I think that the hon. Lady is unwise to assume that Scotland will react as she proposes , but in any event , were that unlikely event to occur , Scotland would have to reapply for membership of the European Community . |
| 16 | One is inclined to assume that Woosnam had laid a false trail . |