Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] is assumed " in BNC.

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1 They are the background of legal principles against which the Act is viewed , and in the light of which Parliament is assumed to have legislated , without being expected to express them .
2 Its existence is assumed .
3 In Minsky 's case , the philosophical question of whether there are hidden mechanisms that explain , etc. , etc. , never arises , because their existence is assumed from the outset , without discussion .
4 In the conduct of foreign policy , real and rhetorical , the provision of social security and the rescue of failing financial institu-tions , its adequacy is assumed .
5 The poor do not choose private provision , and their ranking is assumed to be M preferred to H preferred to L ( see Fig. 10–5 ) .
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