Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] is assumed " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may possibly be , as it surely is in ( 22 ) , that , where a single entity is present to the mind of the speaker , the same speaker can not simultaneously entertain the idea of more than one referent corresponding to that entity ( though there may be certain problems for this view in the case of collective nouns such as government or congregation or quartet , for which see Chapter 8 ) ; however , it is much less obvious that , where there is assumed to be only a single referent , there should be only a single intensional entity present to the mind ; rather , it seems to us that the separation of the referential and the intensional elements is precisely what lies behind such examples as ( 23 ) ( from Searle , 1969 ) , or ( 24 ) : ( 23 ) Everest is Chomolungma ( 24 ) the sheriff did not know that he was Arthur 's brother In the latter sentence , of course , we are interested in the interpretation which has he co-referring with Arthur 's brother , and the reason that we do not find a reflexive in the final position is precisely that these two elements are distinct intensionally even though they share the same referent . |
| 2 | The cause of this effect is the oscillation in rotor velocity shown in Figs. 4.3 and 4.4 , where it is assumed that the system inertia is sufficient to maintain rotation even if the load torque temporarily exceeds the motor torque . |
| 3 | And this is what distinguishes the reading of literature from the reading of philosophy which requires that one understands as fully as possible what is meant , and where it is assumed that the writing will illustrate the meaning in a direct and immediate way . |
| 4 | Other researchers like Bickerton and Bailey work within a " dynamic paradigm " where it is assumed that " the individual is homogeneous and that variability results from the aggregation of internally consistent lects which are different from each other with respect to one or more linguistic features " ( Romaine 1982 : 11 ) . |
| 5 | If they are placed in secondary roles , or it is assumed that women 's identity is to be found in mothering , then the fact of their presence reinforces a certain understanding of the feminine . |
| 6 | The sort of spatial metaphor implicit in Peer Gynt 's account of himself is also apt in the accounts of self given by Daly , Millett and Frye , except that there is assumed to be a ‘ core ’ . |
| 7 | Although it is assumed that birds have not a highly developed sense of taste , both tits and blackbirds , despite any flamboyant coloration to attract them , recognise Sturmers as worthy of attention , and those out of reach , when harder weather prevails , will , as in former winters , attract both fieldfares and winter-visiting blackcaps . |
| 8 | There is no crew as such because the Doom Diver effectively launches himself , although it is assumed that there are a number of Doom Divers ready and willing to step forward and be catapulted into the air . |
| 9 | The claim that status frustration is the motivating factor also suffers from a middle-class bias , in that it is assumed that delinquents cherish middle-class status goals , such as educational success . |
| 10 | The Aristotelian view , as I have interpreted it , ‘ works ’ only to the extent that it is assumed that there is no problem about what I shall call ‘ the autonomy of desires ’ . |
| 11 | It is not that the information in the second version is not true , but rather that it is assumed — and that the witness can assume it is assumed . |
| 12 | I suspect that it is assumed by most people , including those who planned this course of lectures , that language is a means of communication — that this is what it is for ; and that since literature is made out of language , it too must be a kind of communication , as defined by , for instance , the Collins English Dictionary : ‘ the imparting or exchange of information , ideas , feelings ’ . |
| 13 | The danger of adopting a systems approach uncritically is that it is assumed that it is sufficient to identify system structures and to portray the multitudinous variables involved in a particular system which then reinforces the first law of ecology as graphically described by Commoner ( 1972 ) that everything is connected to everything else . |
| 14 | That is , they show that the coefficients of the model are still identified in this case provided that it is assumed that the equation errors in the money growth equation and in the output equation are contemporaneously uncorrelated . |
| 15 | Note also that it is assumed that the description contained in TITLE-IS is UNCLASSIFIED , since the title will appear whenever lists of modules are sent to a printer or viewed on a screen . |
| 16 | Teachers are seen to display personal qualities of which the observer disapproves ; so it is assumed they lack more desirable ones . |
| 17 | Once it is assumed that the third party would be liable to the plaintiffs for damages of a particular kind , it must follow that he has some responsibility for those damages . |
| 18 | I was worried about that and er I think that 's because it 's a German system and everyone is assumed to be over six feet anyway or six feet wide or something . |
| 19 | But these resources are not sufficient for them to reach their migratory goal and it is assumed that they die before the journey is complete . |
| 20 | PULSARS that are members of binary systems in globular clusters are all rapidly rotating , and it is assumed that they have been spun up by accretion from binary companions . |
| 21 | A business mistake is made , and it is assumed that the mistake would have been avoided if somebody at a higher position in the organization had known about it , or had intervened . |
| 22 | If a Conservative MP X or Y , who has not been known to take ideological stands , approaches a minister or a whip and expresses grave doubts , this is viewed with considerable worry and it is assumed that these objections have been put forward by the MP only after the points have been put to him with equal or greater force in his constituency . |
| 23 | An extensive treatment of this issue is not the concern of this book , and it is assumed that the reader has already made a study of it elsewhere , usually in some introductory study of economics . |
| 24 | No record exists of his education and it is assumed that he was privately tutored . |
| 25 | The other four patients had non-functioning gall bladders before and after treatment but their cystic ducts were patent at percutaneous cholecystolithotomy , and it is assumed that they do not respond to the fatty meal stimulus used to test gall bladder emptying . |
| 26 | ( The discrepancy could perhaps be explained if it is assumed that there is also a weak preference to continue with the first-named character . ) |
| 27 | Indeed , perceptual constancies are only a puzzle if it is assumed that the visual system acts like a camera . |
| 28 | Nor does the arts/science distinction make much sense in terms of graduate employment , if it is assumed that the distinction is based on a simple non-vocational/vocational one or ‘ non-relevant/relevant ’ one . |
| 29 | But the Belfast and Edinburgh situations are abnormal and irregular only if it is assumed that the patterns revealed in the New York City study are the normal and regular ones , and that Labov 's findings on the structure of that speech community are universally applicable . |
| 30 | If it is assumed that the system of corporate enterprise is the most efficient system for the creation of wealth , should it therefore be concluded that corporate power is legitimate ? |