Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] assumed [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was feared that members of Mboya 's Luo tribe would retaliate against the Kikuyu , the group who dominated the country 's political life and of which the assassins were assumed to be members . |
| 2 | The Rural Areas Committee formally ceased to exist in December 1945 and its functions were assumed by a new University/ WEA Joint Committee with responsibility for all liberal adult educational provision including Tutorial Classes throughout the region . |
| 3 | In 1847 its functions were assumed by the new County Courts . |
| 4 | Legislative functions were assumed by a Revolutionary Council , which elected a Presidium and , on the recommendation of the PDPA central committee , the Council of Ministers ( Cabinet ) . |
| 5 | A further coup in 1978 led by the People 's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) established the Democratic Republic in 1978 , with close ties with the Soviet Union ; legislative functions were assumed by a Revolutionary Council , which elected a Presidium and a Council of Ministers ( Cabinet ) . |
| 6 | Their responsibilities were assumed by a High Authority for the Transition to the Third Republic and a National Committee for Economic and Social Recovery ; both these bodies would include members of the opposition . |
| 7 | In the latter days of the Roman Empire his powers were assumed by the Emperor , or Divine Guide of the World . |
| 8 | Following a military coup in 1980 legislative and executive powers were assumed by a National Security Council ( NSC ) led by Gen. Kenan Evren , which in October 1981 set up a Consultative Assembly to draft a new constitution which was approved by referendum in November 1982 . |
| 9 | Following a military coup in 1980 , legislative and executive powers were assumed by a National Security Council ( NSC ) headed by Gen. Kenan Evren . |
| 10 | Rashid bin Abdullah Ali al-Nuaymi was named to the newly created post of Foreign Minister , while his previous post as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs was assumed by Hamdan bin Zaid al-Nahayan . |
| 11 | The picture was not seen as ‘ a moment of time ’ but the wings were assumed to be spread for a long period ( Goldsmith , 1984 , pp.2–3 ) . |
| 12 | There was , and perhaps still is , a school of thought which asserted that armorial devices were assumed for identification in battle , but both research and common sense say this is probably wrong , for as so many knights chose arms of similar design , the mud , blood and turmoil of battle would have rendered such symbols on shields of little value , although the same can not , of course , be said about armorial banners or pennons bravely waving above rallying points or on the ends of lances . |
| 13 | N-terminal lysine residues were assumed to be present in lysylendopeptidase digests because of the high specificity of this enzyme . |
| 14 | A royal banner now bestowed respectability on a cause ; kings ' wars were assumed to be for the sake of peace , even when cripplingly expensive and increasingly savage . |
| 15 | That is , the specialisation of the left hemisphere for language among inverters was assumed to be less complete than the right sided specialisation of non-inverters . |
| 16 | There was a time when five-star hotels were assumed to be better than four-star and so on down the line . |